Slimy on stem and cap.
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Aug. 26, 2023.
Small puffball with no apparent sterile base. Peridium staining yellow when scratches or split. In prairie.
In moss
I did not recognize this one in the field until studying the exsiccata months later. It was found in a stage between anamorphic and teleomorphic. Perithecia are imbedded in a soft, white context, globose and very papillate, all of which are sterile.
Spores:
(4)4.2-5(5.3)x(3.5)3.7-4.48(4.5)um
Q=1-1.2(1.3);N=30
Me=4.6x4.1um;Qe=1.1
Globose/Sub-globose, warty, hyaline, inamyloid.
Print; White.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate clamped.
Hymenial cystidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A thin cutis of hyaline hyphae.
Clamp connections: Found.
Ecology: Growing under aspen. Spruce and pine close.
Spores:
(5)5.7-7(7.3)x(3.3)3.5-3.9(4)um
Q=(1.4)1.5-1.87(1.9);N=30
Me=6.2x3.7um;Qe=1.7
Ellipsoid, smooth, amyloid.
Print: White.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Hymenial cystidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: An epitheium of chained spherical cells.
Clamp connections: Found in all tissues
Ecology: Growing terrestrial through moss under spruce.
Spores:
(4.3)4.5-5(5.7)x(2.8)2.9-3.3(3.7)um
Q=(1.3)1.5-1.6(1.8);N=30
Me=4.8x3.1um;Qe=1.6
Broadly lacrymoid, smooth, inamyloid, hyaline.
Print: White.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Pleurocysidia: Not found.
Cheilocystidia: Not sure if true cheilocystidia, but there were scattered filamentous elements on the gills edge.
Pileipellis: An ixocutis.
Clamp connections: Found in all tissues, abundant, large.
Ecology: Growing on well decayed forest floor litter, mostly aspen leaves. Spruce and pine nearby as well.
growing from Oak leaves
Appeared to have been predated.
Paper Birch branch on ground from wind storm
on ground with moss
Spores 10.4-13.4 x 4.8-6.5 µm, average 12.2 x 5.6 µm, Q=1.7-2.6, average Q=2.2
Strange growth on White Spruce
blue corticioid/crusty/lichenous looking thing covering ground at base of white pine tree. seemed odd because I have never seen a corticioid fungus on bare duff ground— they are usually on logs/rocks/something more contiguous
Microscopy photos at 1000x
(9.1) 9.13 - 10.4 (10.6) × (2.1) 2.2 - 3 µm
Q = (3.2) 3.4 - 4.4 (4.5) ; N = 13
Me = 9.6 × 2.5 µm ; Qe = 4
hello yes bad at posting things but i would like more perspectives on this one semi quickly for reasons
teleo and anamorph? on unidentified xylariaceous thing erumpent from a smallish downed aspen in a bog
taking a little nap:)
Bulbous stem, brown coloration with 2 red stripes
Reddish brown scales on caps
Free gills
White mycelium
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Paraphyses filiform septate and forked, yellowish.
Ascospores measured in H2O
16.3 - 16.9 × (7.9) 7.94 - 8.8 µm
Q = 1.9 - 2 ; N = 4
Me = 16.5 × 8.4 µm ; Qe = 2
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