Exidia saccharina (Alb. & Schwein.): Fr.
no common name
Auriculariaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Auriculariaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include watery brown to darker olivaceous brown, tough-gelatinous fruitbodies, growth on dead conifer wood, and microscopic characters.
Microscopic:
spores 10-13 x 3.5-4.5 microns or somewhat larger, allantoid [curved sausage-shaped]; probasidia 12-16(19) x 10-12(16) microns, broadly ovate to nearly spherical, becoming cruciate-septate, epibasidia 2-3 microns wide, up to 40 microns long, swollen at tips, (Martin)
Notes:
Exidia saccharina has been found in BC, WA, AB, MB, NS, ON, PQ, AK, AZ, MI, New England, and WI, (Ginns), and Europe (Martin).
Habitat and Range
Habitat
dead coniferous wood (Martin), Abies, Picea, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Alnus, Quercus, Sorbus, (Ginns)