Small cluster growing in soil on and around decaying stump, no others nearby. Reddish orange ascoma surrounded by dark brown hair-like bristles
Habitat
Mixed forest
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
phylum
Ascomycota
material collected
apothecium
morphology summary
Material collected: apothecium
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 7 red
Secondary color top surface: 15 black or dark gray
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 5 orange
Hymenium color when mature: 7 red
Spore length: 20
Spore width: 10
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 202
Cap surface texture: 6 other - use only when the others clearly do not fit
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: covered in warts
