Ash gray soft cup
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Ash gray soft cup ( Mollisia cinerea ) |
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The ash gray soft cup ( Mollisia cinerea ) is a species of fungus from the Dermateaceae family .
description
The fruit body is flat, bowl-shaped to key-shaped. It is sessile and has grown point-like at the base. Its diameter is 1 to 2.5 millimeters. It is mostly pale gray in color, but it becomes a little lighter when it dries. The outside is finely sticky and of the same color to slightly brownish. The spores measure 6.5 to 9 (rarely up to 13) × 2 to 3 micrometers. They are hyaline, elliptical-elongated, slightly curved and smooth. The asci measure 40 to 65 × 4 to 5.5 micrometers and are cylindrical. The paraphyses are 2.5 to 4 micrometers in diameter and are cylindrical. They have deep septa .
Occurrence and ecology
The species grows on dead wood from deciduous trees such as oak, birch or linden. It can be found all year round and is very common. It is rarely parasitized by the fungus Sebacina fungicola .
supporting documents
- Ewald Gerhardt: FSVO manual mushrooms . 4th revised edition. Special edition. BLV Buchverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8354-0053-3 , p. 555 ( The reliable nature guide ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Hauerslev (1976). "New and rare Tremellaceae on record from Denmark". Friesia 11: 94-115.
