Godronia confertus (D.S. Hone) J.W. Groves
no common name
Godroniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Godroniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include tiny, nearly spherical fruitbodies that open to become urceolate to turbinate, the exterior dark olive-brown or reddish brown to black, and striate to wrinkled, the spore-bearing area whitish to grayish or pale greenish, the stem short, clustered growth in spring on cankered areas near the base of Prunus saplings, conspicuous conidial state, and microscopic characters.
Microscopic:
spores (40)45-60(70) x 1.5-3.0 microns, filiform [thread-like], straight or slightly curved, pointed at the ends, 3-septate to mostly 5-septate, more or less fasciculate in the ascus; asci 8-spored, (85)90-115(130) x (5.0)6.0-8.0(10.0) microns, cylindric to cylindric-clavate, tapering to a slender stem, pore turns blue with iodine; paraphyses 1.5-2 microns wide, filiform, colorless, septate, simple or branched, "tips not or very slightly swollen, not forming an epithecium"; conidia (10)12-18(25) x (1.5)2.0-3.0(3.5) microns, cylindric-fusoid, straight or slightly curved, colorless to yellowish green, 1-celled to 4-celled, pointed at the ends, conidiophores variable in length, 6-25 x 2.0-3.0 microns, cylindric-subulate, colorless, septate, simple or branched
Notes:
Collections were examined from BC, ON, PQ, MN, NH, and NJ, (Groves).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Godronia urceolus has collections listed through MyCoPortal from BC, OR, NS, ON, AK, CA, CO, GA, MA, ND, NH, NJ, NY, and VT, but it is unknown whether those identifying Pacific Northwest collections had access to descriptions of the full range of Godronia spp.Habitat
"erumpent, densely gregarious and cespitose with up to 40 or more in a cluster but usually much less and occasionally single", "usually found in the spring or early summer on cankered areas near the base of Prunus saplings" (genus name italicized)
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Thelephora leucobryophila Henn.
Trechispora leucobryophila (Henn.) Liberta