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Observation: Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud. (34868)
About Trichoglossum hirsutum (Pers.) Boud.
When: 2010-03-15
Collection location: Huckleberry Botanical Preserve, Contra Costa Co., California, USA [Click for map]
Who: Debbie Viess (amanitarita)
No herbarium specimen
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  amanitarita   85% (1)   Eye3Eyes3
Recognized by sight: black earth tongues in moss along trail.
Based on microscopic features: ginormous septate spores, 8 per ascus.

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Created: 2010-03-17 00:41:29 WET (+0000)
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note huge, dark, unstained septate spores in bundles within the asci. immature spores within ascus at upper right of photo.

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asci bundle “spore prints”!

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asci bearing septate spores at top; needle-like setae (sterile cells) at bottom.