Tricharina gilva (Boud. ex Cooke) Eckblad
no common name
Pyronemataceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Pyronemataceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Summary:
Features include a small cup that is yellow orange at first, becoming fawn or light ocher, the exterior similarly colored but covered with stiff light reddish brown hairs, absent stem, growth on bare or mossy burned ground, and microscopic characters.
Microscopic:
spores 14-19 x 9-10 microns, elliptic, smooth; asci up to 250 x 15 microns; paraphyses slender, slightly club-shaped, about 4 microns wide; hairs up to 200 x 10 microns, smooth, thin-walled, sparingly septate, tapered to a rounded point, (Dennis), spores 14-16 x 8-10 microns, elliptic, smooth, colorless, without droplets; asci 8-spored, 170-180 x 14-16 microns, inamyloid; paraphyses slender with tips slightly thickened to 4 microns wide; hairs 150-190 x 3-5 microns, base to 10 microns thick, multiseptate, not very thick-walled, tips slightly rounded off, (Breitenbach)
Notes:
Tricharina gilva is found at least in OR and ID, (Larsen). A collection from BC determined by N. Weber is deposited at the Pacific Forestry Centre. Desjardin(6) illustrated it for CA.
Habitat and Range
Habitat
on burnt ground and cinder heaps, especially after they have become overgrown with moss, (Dennis for UK), cespitose to clustered on bare and mossy burned ground, April to July, (Breitenbach for Switzerland)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Platygloea peniophorae Bourdot & Galzin