Fleshy Fungi of New Brunswick >> Gymnopus cf. ocior

Gymnopus cf. ocior (Pers.) Antonín & Noordel.

Picture of Gymnopus cf. ocior 13-06-13]02 Picture of Gymnopus cf. ocior 21-08-17]06 Picture of Gymnopus cf. ocior 01-07-19]01

Three collections:

Gymnopus ocior is generally regarded as a European species not occurring in North America. It is closely related to the common G. dryophilus and differs from it in having a darker and non-striate pileus, a pale stipe and less lobed or coralloid cheilocystidia. Distinguishing these taxa in North America, if they even occur there, is difficult. As presented here, the name G.cf. ocior is applied to collections with a relatively dark pileus growing mainly on wood. The stipe is usually slightly to conspicuously swollen at base. There may be slight differences in the cheilocystidia, with those of G.cf. ocior being more filamentous, but these distinctions are difficult to resolve. The collections presented here are very similar to ones identified as G. cf. striatipes, and have in common very small basidiospore averaging less than 5.0 μm in length. They differ mainly in the less fasciculate growth habit and narrower basidiospores of G. cf. ocior. Use of the term "cf." in the names of our collections comes from the Latin conferatur, compare, and simply indicates that our collections should be compared to those species as conceived by other authors.

Photo: D. Malloch (13-06-13/02, 21-08-17/06, 01-07-19/01).