Two specimen together; on deciduous wood. 13.5 cap x 11.6cm x 2.3 cm stipe. Pores descent on stipe and gradually disappear. Pore length: 1.5mm; flesh of cap 1.5cm at the thickest part. Lateral attachment. 1-2 pore per mm. Bitter taste. No hairs on edge but exerted cystidia. As soon as it is touched it becomes gelatinous. Spores varied in size: 3.7-6.1 x 10-19.7 mu. Some with drops. Clamps everywhere. Park.
These were growing near a spot I’ve seen brick caps before. Odd to see them in spring? Impossible? Something else?
Only a few spores are dark, does that mean the rest are immature?
Only a few spores are dark, does that mean the rest are immature?
On incubated deer dung.
Collected on Feb 19, observed on Mar 9. Apothecium erumpent, 0.4mm in diameter.
A single ascus in apothecium with many spores and hyaline, thick-walled hairs. Hairs with 5(6) septa, 200-460um in length.
Ascospores ellipsoid, measured
(8.1) 8.5 - 9.2 (9.5) × (5.7) 6.2 - 6.7 (6.8) µm
Q = (1.3) 1.4 ; N = 17
Me = 8.9 × 6.4 µm ; Qe = 1.4
Together with Coprinellus heterosetulosus, Sordaria fimicola, Chaetomium sp., Lasiobolus sp, Ascobolus crenulatus.
On elk dung. I couldnt get any macro shots of the fruiting body. single perithecium, spores roughly 7.4-8.6 x 4.6-5.5
On incubated ?deer dung. Collected on Feb 19, observed on Mar 3. Apothecia are under 2mm in diameter, yellow-green.
Asci 8-spored.
Ascospores measured
(11) 11.1 - 12 × (5.9) 6 - 6.7 (7.4) µm
Q = (1.6) 1.7 - 1.9 ; N = 9
Me = 11.5 × 6.5 µm ; Qe = 1.8
Together with Coprinellus heterosetulosus, Sordaria fimicola, Chaetomium sp., Lasiobolus sp...
Growing on Deer Dung.
Spores: 10 x 5 µm
Spore Clusters: 26 x 10 µm
Asci: 52 x 13 µm
Spores 4-celled, 62-63 x 11-12um. Germ slit is a wavy line, asci base is short.
maybe. On elk dung, spores narrowly ellipsoidal, 22.1 - 23.5 x 8.5 - 9.2. Hairs mostly over 600um long.