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Baeospora myosura


Baeospora myosura
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Copyright: Gert Paassen (Gert-Paassen) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1219 W: 2 N: 4605] (13922)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-15
Categories: Fungi
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-16 0:01
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter, Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Baeospora myosura (Fr. ex Fr.) Sprig. Zapfenrübling Conifercone Cap syn. Collybia myosura (Fr. ex Fr.) Quél. syn. C. conigena (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Cap 1–3cm across, convex to almost flat, pallid-tan to date-brown. Stem 30–50´1–2mm, pallid flushed with cap colour, elongated into a hairy ‘root’. Flesh thin, brownish. Taste mild, smell mushroomy. Gills very crowded, whitish. Cheilocystida thin-walled, fusoid. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, amyloid, 3–3.5 x 1.5–2µ. Habitat rooting on partly buried pine cones and coniferous debris. Season autumn to late winter. Frequent. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Latin name - Baeospora myosura
Common Name: none

Pileus
Cap 1.0-2.5 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the disc occasionally slightly raised; margin at first decurved, then plane, not striate, or if so, obscurely; surface dry, glabrous at the disc, sometimes becoming fibrillose toward the margin; color: tan-brown at the disc, shading to buff-brown at the margin; context thin, less than 1 mm thick, colored like the cap; odor and taste mild.

Lamellae
Gills adnexed, sometimes appearing free, crowded, narrow, pallid, becoming pale-buff in age; lamellulae up to 4-seried.

Stipe
Stipe up to 5.0 cm long, 0.5-1.5 mm thick, round, equal, pliant; surface pruinose, pallid to buff at the apex, becoming dull vinaceous-buff below, the base hairy, non-instititious; partial veil absent.

Spores
Spores 3.0-4.0 x 2.0-2.5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, amyloid; spore print white.

Habitat
Solitary to clustered on cones of Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis); fruiting from late fall to mid-winter.

Edibility
Unknown, insignificant.

Comments
Baeospora myosura is one of a relatively small number of mushrooms that fruit primarily on conifer cones. It is recognized by a tan, glabrous to appressed-fibrillose cap, crowded gills, and a stipe that is pallid at the apex and brown to pale vinaceous-brown at the base. It is often confused with Strobilurus trullisatus, also common on Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce cones, but the latter has a whitish, striate cap, close, not crowded gills, and a stipe that is pallid at the apex, shading to a yellowish to tawny-brown base. The two species are also distinct microscopically, Baeospora myosura having a cuticle of repent hyphae and small, amyloid spores while Strobilurus truillisatus has a cellular type cuticle and somewhat larger, inamyloid spores.

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Not many gill fungi utilize conifer cones as their only food source. Baeospora is one of the most common and widespread of the cone-loving species in Ontario. It only fruits during prolonged wet weather and often on cones that are partially buried.

Caps are 0.5-2 cm across , convex becoming flat, smooth, tan, and fading to whitish. Gills are attached, narrow, close, and white to pale tan. Stalks are up to 5 cm tall, slender, fuzzy, and whitish to tan. Spore prints are white. Widespread and common, this delicate mushroom fruits on spruce cones during prolonged wet periods.

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Hi,
Great shot, fine color tones.
Hoscakal.

Capture merveilleuse Gert... vous avez les filaments écartant hors très bien... du grand DOF pour augmenter ce des mycètes... TFS, et de grandes notes... ferez-vous un thème pour ces derniers ?

Hi Gert,
What a different extremly minute mushroom friend! I have not seen before. I am learning a lot on mushrooms with your splendid shots friend! Thank you.
Cheers,

Bayram

Bonjour Gert
Très belle composition magnifiquement maitrisée, bonne netteté et couleurs, très jolie!
Amicalement Robi

Hi Gert,
This is the first time I see this specie and there are many things in your notes that I wasn't aware of... This is a very nice composition with this tinny and lonely fungus. I like this plain background that makes your little subject stands out well. This is a very interesting post. Thanks,
Claudine

Hi Gert,

I look forward to your posts and am never disappointed. This little mushroom looks so lonely! The details of the stalk are wonderful. I didn't realize they can grow on cones. I'm curious - what are the white feathers on the base? You probably mentioned it in your notes and I either missed it or misunderstood.

Jane

Hello Gert,
You are a good fungi photographer with excellent posting each time! I am looking forward to enjoy it even though I am not expert in them! but I gain knowledge through your informative notes! many thanks!
very good exposure and focus in this fine image with good colour and details once again
best regards
Tony

I'm impressed that you found the ID for this one.There are so many that look similar that I possibly wouldn't even have tried ;)
Nicely composed and reasonably sharp for a handheld shot.
Cheers
Steve

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3002 W: 162 N: 991] (2901)
  • [2008-03-17 7:35]

Hello Gert,
Great! Many thanks for showing this beautiful little mini fungus on a pine cone. Very well captured showing sharp details and fine colours against the plain background. A lovely composition!
Best wishes, Ulla

Hallo Gert,

Ja zo staan ze ook in de boeken. Op denneappels geprojecteerd. Goed hoor, dat je ze hebt gevonden. Akelig scherp en mooi van contrast. Het dradenstelsel (mycelium)is ook goed te zien. Mooi meegnomen. Fijne kleuren. Goede weergave van de werkelijkheid. Klasse. Groeten en tot TFS BOB

Hello Gert !
great shot of this tiny mushroom ! I love the way he is standing out so prodly on the pine apple ! :-) Excellent details, wonderful composition and POV, nice natural colors, beautiful blurred BG to make the subject stand out, and an interesting note. Very well done !
Valerie.

Hello Gert!
This is very unique picture! I do not remember if I saw this species on TN before. And moreover, this photo brings me a nice memory from mycology lectures when I was a student (long time ago... ;>) and then I saw it for the first time in my life :)
Best greetings and thank you for "bringing nice feelings back" :)
Radomir

Ps. I'll be back soon

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