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Squamanita paradoxa  (powdercap strangler)

Photo of Squamanita paradoxa by Adolf Ceska
© Adolf Ceska (Photo ID #19193)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location Observatory Hill, Victoria, BC Photographer Adolf Ceska
Habitat  
Photo Date November 27, 2009 Upload Date December 17, 2009
Elevation (m) 200  
UTM Zone # Latitude 48.5
UTM Easting Longitude -123.4
UTM Northing Photo ID # 19193
Notes Parasitic on Cystoderma amianthinum (the lower yellow part of the stipe is in fact a remnant of the host). This is the first record in Canada. The fungus was described from Mt. Hood, OR (as "Cystoderma paradoxum") and in North America it was also reported from Priest Lake, Idaho.

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