When: 2008-04-15
Collection location: Edgewood Blue, British Columbia, Canada [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
Herbarium specimen available

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of Edgewood Blue (46)

Notes: A tiny cup fungus, clustered on rotting aspen leaves in deer trail, no burn in this area recently.
FR BODY: 1-3 mm wide, strongly urceolate to cup-shaped, inner surface rich deep brown, outer surface lush tomentose brown to white below, tapers broadly but no real stalk, flesh hyaline and strongly IKI+ red
FERT SURFACE: hymenium light brownish,
  paraphyses: tips brown, distinct round granules clustered about the tips, v thin and long w/ some short side branches, tips not significantly expanded, IKI−, about 2.2+/−0.3 µm wide;
  asci: long, cylindrical, IKI-, 8 spores in one row, end to end, (100)110+/−16(140) x (7.2)8.1+/−0.9(9.7) µm, Q=(11)14+/−3(20) (N=6);
  spores: small, clear, faintly textured at maturity, ellip, no noticeable drops, IKI−, (11)12+/−0.7(13) x (5.7)6.3+/−0.3(6.8) µm, Q=(1.7)1.9+/−0.12(2.3) (N=16), granules 1.9+/−0.7 µm (N=14) radius

Again, tried to key out in Fungi of Switzerland but can’t find a match.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Peziza sp.		Mycoholic		(2)
Recognized by sight
Pezizales sp.		nathan		(1)
Recognized by sight: Neat collection! Clearly an asco, but not a Peziza. Don’t know my little ascos well enough to get further even after looking at a few keys.

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Observation created: Wed Apr 16 12:41:41 -0700 2008
Last modified: Wed Apr 16 12:41:41 -0700 2008
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