On the edge of snow melt
objective = 40 X
In soil near burned cottonwoods.
Exciple smooth, whitish; epihymenium pruplish, subhymenium white.
Asci 267–287 x 12.5–15 µm; IKI+ amyloid with distinct ring, and weak reaction on wall, only intense at top. Ascus base like fish tail fin.
Paraphyses simple, cylindrical, 3.3 µm thick, equal; clavate end 4.3 µm thick, not crooked.
Subhymenium textura prismatica.
Ascospores hyaline smooth, biguttulate, [13.6] 14–15.5 [16.8] x [7.5] 8.2–9 [9.5] µm (mean 14.7 x 8.7 µm); Q 1.4–1.8 (mean 1.7); larger than G. violacea s. str. (“12,5-14 (-14,5) × 7,8-8,5 μm”).
Van Vooren N., Dougoud R., Moyne G., Vega M., Carbone M., Perić B. Vol. 13 (5) – 29 September 2021
Tour d’horizon des pézizes violettes (Pezizaceae) présentes en Europe. 3e partie : le genre Geoscypha
On the edge of snow melt
objective = 40 X
On the edge of snow melt
objective = 40 X
likely the same species as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199147136
Brown cap with darkened center and striations,
Grayish brown stipe with white tomentum at base,
Growing next to road,
Growing in duff and one ticks/cones,
Near sitka spruce/red alder,
No odor,
Mild yellow UV on gills,
Earthy taste,
No KOH