Summary:
Ciboria rufofusca is an orange to chestnut brown or brown cup with a stem, growing on fallen true fir cones in spring. The same or a similar species grows on Douglas-fir in the Pacific Northwest. Beug(3) shows what looks like this species growing on a Douglas-fir cone.
Microscopic:
spores 5-7 x 3-3.5 microns, oval, smooth, colorless, sometimes with 2 small droplets, uniseriate; asci 8-spored, 75-80 x 5-5.5 microns, amyloid; paraphyses slender, barely thickened toward tips, without septa, (Breitenbach), spores 5.5-7.5 x 3-3.5 microns; asci 65-90 x 5.5-6.5, (Hansen), spores 4-6 x 2-3 microns; asci 45-55 x 4-5 microns; paraphyses filiform, (Kanouse)
Notes:
It is found in WA (Kanouse). There are collections from BC at the University of British Columbia, from WA at the University of Washington, and from OR at Oregon State University. Desjardin(6) illustrated it from CA. It also occurs in Europe including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, (Hansen), and Switzerland (Breitenbach). Douglas-fir cones have been photographed in WA and BC bearing this kind of fungus.
| Origin Status | Provincial Status | BC List (Red Blue List) | COSEWIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native | S2S4 (2021) | Blue | Not Listed |