Humaria hemisphaerica (F.H. Wigg. ex Fr.) Fuckel
hairy fairy cup
Pyronemataceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
hairy fairy cup
Pyronemataceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Summary:
Features include a whitish, stemless cup with a brown exterior and stiff pointed dark brown hairs covering the exterior and margin, growth on humus or rotten wood, and microscopic characters.
Odor:
none (Lincoff(1))
Taste:
none (Lincoff(1))
Microscopic:
spores 22.5-27 x 10-13 microns, broadly elliptic, with coarse warts, colorless, with 2 drops; asci 8-spored, 230-270 x 19-23 microns, inamyloid, uniseriate; paraphyses with clavate thickenings 7-8 microns wide on the tips; hairs 200-525 x 14-21 microns, (on margin up to 1000 microns long), tapering evenly to point, thick-walled, multiseptate, dark brown, smooth, (Breitenbach), spores 20-24 x 10-12 microns, broadly elliptic, coarsely warted, with two conspicuous oil droplets; asci 350 x 20 microns; paraphyses clavate, 7-8 microns wide at tips; hairs 500 microns long and 20 microns thick at base, tapering evenly to point, marginal hairs may be 1 mm long, (Dennis), spores with two or sometimes three droplets, (Arora), spores 20-27 x 10-15 microns, elliptic, "covered with small irregular warts", with 2 large oil droplets; hairs pointed, thick-walled, and partitioned by cross-walls, (Trudell)
Notes:
It is found in BC, WA, ID, and also AB, AK, CA, (Larsen). It is widely distributed throughout many parts of North America (Phillips), and also in Europe including Switzerland (Breitenbach), and the United Kingdom (Dennis).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Trichophaea species usually have smooth spores with one to several droplets (Breitenbach). Trichophaea species are usually smaller (Trudell).Habitat
single, scattered, or in groups on ground or occasionally rotten wood, under both hardwoods and conifers, summer and fall, (Arora), usually gregariously, sometimes singly, on damp ground and very rotten wet wood, July to October, (Breitenbach for Switzerland), "on soil in woods or, occasionally, on very rotten wood in wet places, July to October," (Dennis for UK)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gymnomyces subfulvus "(Singer & A.H. Sm.) Trappe, T."
Martellia subfulva Singer & A.H. Sm. Mem. Torrey Bot.