Cudonia grisea Mains
no common name
Cudoniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Cudoniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
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Species Information
Microscopic:
spores 18-22 x 1.5-2 microns, acicular [needle-like], colorless; asci reaching length of 70-90 microns and a diameter of 6-8 microns, clavate, narrowed in lower part; paraphyses filiform [thread-like], colorless, curved at the apices, (Seaver), spores 18-22(24) x 1.5-2 microns, acicular [needle-like], 1-celled or rarely 1-septate; asci 70-110 x 6-10 microns, clavate, narrowing below the upper third, attenuated in lower part; paraphyses filiform, strongly curved in upper part, colorless, (Mains)
EDIBILITY
See Cudonia circinans
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Pachycudonia monticola also fruits in spring but is larger and has a pinkish-cinnamon cap. Cudonia circinans is more common in fall, and has pale brownish to buff colors and longer spores.Habitat
gregarious on rotten conifer wood (Seaver), under conifers, usually in spring, (Arora), gregarious on rotting coniferous wood, (Mains)