Pachycudonia monticola (Mains) S. Imai
mountain-loving cudonia
Uncertain
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
mountain-loving cudonia
Uncertain
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
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Species Information
Microscopic:
spores 20-24 x 2 microns, acicular [needle-shaped], colorless; asci 8-spored, reaching length of 90-100 microns long and width of 8-10 microns, clavate, narrower in lower part; paraphyses filiform [thread-like], colorless, curved at apices, (Seaver), spores (15)18-24(28) x 2 microns, acicular [needle-like] or narrowly clavate, 1-celled or rarely 1-septate; asci 90-125 x 8-10 microns, clavate, narrowing rapidly below upper third, becoming 2-4 microns thick in lower part; paraphyses filiform, strongly curved to uncinate [hooked] in upper part, colorless, (Mains)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Cudonia circinans is similar and pale brownish to buff, often with a rosy tint, or yellowish, but is more common in the fall, and has longer spores (30-45 x 2 microns). Cudonia grisea is smaller and has a dark gray cap and fuscous stem, (Castellano). Leotia lubrica is gelatinous and more brightly colored. Helvella species lack the solid fibrous stem, instead having a stem that breaks cleanly and crisply, and the margin is also fairly straight while in P. monticola the margin is strongly gathered and tucked under, (Castellano).Habitat
single, gregarious or cespitose [in tufts], on spruce needles and conifer debris, (Seaver), under conifers, usually in spring and summer, (Arora), closely gregarious to cespitose [in tufts], on soil, coniferous debris or rotting wood, (Mains), on spruce needles and conifer debris, late summer and fall, (Castellano), on soil and rotting conifer wood in spring and summer, at times in snow banks, (Tylutki)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Tomentella fuliginea (Burt) Bourdot & Galzin
Zygodesmus ramosissimus Berk. & M.A. Curtis