Heyderia abietis (Fr.) Link
miniature earth-tongue
Hemiphacidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
miniature earth-tongue
Hemiphacidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Microscopic:
spores 10-14 x 2-2.5 microns, elongate, smooth, not septate, colorless, (Arora), spores 10-14 x 2-2.5 microns, fusoid [spindle-shaped], subfalcate [somewhat sickle-shaped] or narrowly cymbiform [boat-shaped], acuminate [narrowing gradually to a point] at both ends or acuminate at one end and rounded at the other, straight or slightly curved, one-celled; asci 50-70 x 4-6 microns, clavate; paraphyses slender, clavate, colorless, branched in lower part, (Mains), spores 11-15 x 1.7-2.5 microns, cylindric-fusiform, smooth, colorless, not septate, with several droplets; asci 8-spored, 70-75 x 5-7 microns; paraphyses filiform, tips with slight clavate thickenings, (Breitenbach)
EDIBILITY
"fleshless and probably flavorless", (Arora)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
See also SIMILAR section of Bryoglossum gracile.Habitat
scattered to densely gregarious in needle duff under northern and mountain conifers, sometimes in large carpets on forest floor, spring, summer and fall, (Arora), scattered on fallen needles of conifers (spruce, hemlock, fir and larch), (Mains), growing singly on conifer needles, but gregariously, (Breitenbach)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Dacrymyces radicatus ([Alb. & Schwein.] Fr.) Donk
Gymnomitrula abietis S. Imai
Helotium radicatum Alb. & Schwein.
Heyderia cucullata Boud.
Mitrula abietis Fr.
Mitrula cucullata Fr.