Fleshy Fungi of New Brunswick >> Xeromphalina cornui

Xeromphalina cornui (Quélet) Favre

Picture of Xeromphalina cornui

Gregarious (many) on needle litter under Pinus strobus, P. banksiana, Picea rubens and Abies balsamea, Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area, New Brunswick (18-08-16/06).

Basidiospores ellipsoidal to ovoid, hyaline, white in mass, smooth, amyloid, 4.6-6.1 X 2.5-3.8 μm, D/d = 1.49-1.87. Cheilocystidia scattered, irregularly cylindrical, rarely clavate, often proliferated or branched at apex. Caulocystidia branched.

Photograph: D. Malloch (18-08-16/06).