Pithya vulgaris Fuckel
no common name
Sarcoscyphaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Sarcoscyphaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Summary:
Pithya vulgaris produces bright orange discs on wet, dead, usually detached branch tips of Abies and Sequoia, often near snowbanks in spring.
Microscopic:
spores 12-14 microns in diameter, round, colorless, without droplets; asci to 300-325 microns long, inamyloid, (Castellano), spores reaching 12-14 microns in diameter, round, at first granular within, later with one large oil-drop, 1-seriate; asci reaching length of 300-325 microns, and diameter of 15 microns; paraphyses slightly enlarged in upper part, reaching width of 3-4 microns at tip, (Seaver)
Notes:
It is found at least in BC, WA, OR, ID, and CA, (Larsen).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Pithya cupressina occurs on foliage of Juniperus, Cupressus, Thuja, and Sequoia, (Seaver), and is 0.2-0.5cm in width.Habitat
"on wet, dead, usually detached branch tips (with needles) and twigs of Abies and Sequoia, in montane areas often within several yards of snowbanks or within a few weeks of snowmelt", March to May, also in fall, (Castellano), gregarious on foliage and bark on Abies, Sequoia, and Libocedrus, (Seaver), on branches and needles of Abies, more rarely Picea, (Hansen, for Europe)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Corticium kalmiae Peck
Thelephora puteana Schumach.