Thelephora americana Lloyd
no common name
Thelephoraceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Thelephoraceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include 1) a small, fan-shaped, cespitose fruitbody that is vinaceous brown (when dry), and radially wrinkled or fibrillose-wrinkled, 2) entire margin, 3) a spore-bearing undersurface that is usually smooth, 4) a lateral to central stem that is often indistinct, 5) growth on the ground and on small twigs, and 6) fuscous-vinaceous angular-lobate spores with spines. This is an illegitimate name because there was already a Thelephora americana (Peck) Sacc. 1902. The latter is regarded as a synonym of Thelephora anthocephala (Bull.) Fr. in the online Species Fungorum, accessed September 4, 2017. The description here of Thelephora americana Lloyd sensu Corner is derived from Corner except where noted.
Microscopic:
spores 6.5-8 x 4.5-6.5 microns, angular-lobate, spines up to 1 micron long, fuscous-vinaceous
Notes:
Collections were examined from WA, BC, ON, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, and WV, (Corner).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Thelephora intybacea has larger spores and a papillate spore-bearing surface, (Corner).Habitat
on the ground and on small twigs, probably Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock), (Ginns)