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Onygena corvina Alb. & Schwein. ex Fr.
no common name
Onygenaceae

Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.

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Distribution of Onygena corvina
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Species Information

Summary:

Not available

Fruiting body:
divided into head and stem; head rounded, 0.1-0.2cm, ocher to light brown, rough-furfuraceous, (Breitenbach), reaches at most 2.5cm in height, (Trudell)

Stem:
0.4-1.5(2.5)cm x 0.1-0.2cm, cylindric, rather thickened toward base, white,+/- smooth, (Breitenbach), whitish (Trudell)

Microscopic:
spores 6-8 x 2.5-3 microns, cylindric-elliptic, sometimes curved, smooth, light brown, with 1-2 droplets; asci 8-spored, nearly spherical, 10-16 x 10-12 microns, inamyloid; paraphyses not observed; asci develop within the head of the fruitbody on a hyphal meshwork

Habitat / Range

single to clustered, on owl pellets or animal hair as well as remnants of sheep wool, according to the literature also on feathers, summer to fall, (Breitenbach), on owl pellets, bird carcasses, hair, and wool, (Trudell)

Status Information

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	SNR	Yellow	Not Listed

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Synonyms and Alternate Names

Polyporus cinnamomeus Pers.
Polyporus splendens Peck

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
Index Fungorium
Taxonomic reference: Conspectus Fung. Nisk.: 113. 1805

Additional Range and Status Information Links

NatureServe Explorer
California Fungi (MykoWeb)

Additional Photo Sources

Images From CalPhoto
Google Image Search
Flickr Image Search
MycoKey Pictures
Images from MykoWeb

Glossaries

Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

Related Databases

Matchmaker - Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Keys to Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Fungi--Online Journal

Species References

Breitenbach(1)*, Trudell(4)*, Siegel(2)*

References for the fungi

General References

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Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-19 9:16:56 AM ]

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