Stromatocyphella conglobata (Burt) W.B. Cooke
no common name
Marasmiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Marasmiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
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Distribution of Stromatocyphella conglobata
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Species Information
Summary:
Stromatocyphella conglobata produces minute basidiomycete cups that are densely gregarious on a common stem, (pendant clusters on gelatinous trunk), protruding from lenticels or cracks in the bark of dead branches, usually of alder.
Microscopic:
spores 7-10 x 3-3.5 microns, cylindric, smooth, apiculate, colorless; basidia appearing at first as fusiform (spindle-shaped) structures with granular contents, finally 20-25 x 7-9 microns, 4-spored, with sterigmata 6-7 microns long; clamp connections present in subhymenial tissue, surface hairs irregular in length, granule incrusted, with clamp connections, (Cooke), (6.0)8.0-10.0 x 3.0-3.8 microns, cylindric, dented on one side or slightly curved, smooth, inamyloid; basidia 4-spored, 23-28 x 6-7.5 microns, colorless, clavate; cystidia not seen, (Thorn)
Notes:
It is found at least in BC, NB, ON, PQ, MI, NH, NY, and PA, (Ginns).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Calathella eruciformis has longer regular colorless surface hairs and smaller basidia and spores.Habitat
arising from within lenticels on bark of Alnus, Betula, and Juglans cinerea (Cooke)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Coniferiporia sulphurascens (Pilat) L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai in
Phellinus sulphurascens Pilat