Summary:
{See also Otidea Table.} Features include an Otidea-like fruiting body [like a vertically elongated cup with an opening down the side], dark purplish red brown to dark brown color on the inside surface and medium red brown exterior, short stem, growth in duff under conifers, and microscopic characters. The description is derived from Abbott(1).

Odor:
unique strong odor when dried, but not detected fresh, (Abbott)

Microscopic:
spores 17-24 x 11.5-17 microns, broadly elliptic, smooth, colorless, with one droplet; asci 200 x 15-19 microns; paraphyses clavate, 5-6 microns wide at apex, brown, contents finely granular, (Abbott), spores 22-25 microns long (Arora)

Notes:
Wynnella silvicola is found at least in BC, AB, MB, PQ, YT, MT, and Romania, and is reported from eastern North America, Europe, and Asia, (Abbott). It is also found in WA and ID, (Larsen). A collection from OR was used by O''Donnell(2).