Typhula thaxteri (Burt) Berthier
no common name
Typhulaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Typhulaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Microscopic:
spores 6-8.6 x 4.3-5 microns, short-elliptic, inequilateral, smooth, inamyloid, colorless, thin-walled, with a prominent obtuse apiculus; basidia 4-spored, 20-25 x 6.5-7.5 microns, clavate, simple-septate; stem hyphae 3.5-5.5 microns wide, thin-walled, smooth, simple septate, frequently anastomosing, agglutinated, (Redhead), spores 5-9 x 3.5-4.5 microns, elliptic, smooth, white; basidia 4-spored, 13-17 x 4-4.5 microns, subclavate; cystidia none; hyphae 1.5-2 microns wide, thin-walled, without clamp connections, longitudinal in stem, divergent in head, (Corner)
Habitat and Range
Habitat
gregarious on "woody debris, insect frass, and old perithecia on well decayed hardwood branch in mixed coastal forest", both other world collections on wood, (Redhead), gregarious on rotten wood (Corner for CT)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Craterellus humphreyi Burt