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rimbachia arachnoidea

Rimbachia arachnoidea (Peck) Redhead 1984

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Field Notes

Description:

smooth moss-ear----------
description=
<1cm:
Hat irregular ear-to shell-shaped, 3-5 mm diameter, white to cream. Underside smooth, white.
---habitat=
On Star-mos (Mnium) on moist to wet soil.
Parasitic.
----status=
Rare. (Red List 1989).
-----Related and / or similar species=
The Star-moss-ear (Rimbachia bryophila) Very rare (Red List, 1989) and the Circle-moss-ear (Rimbachia neckerae) (ZZ).
( http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=paddenstoelen&id=701 )----------

Habitat:

White pleurotoid/cyphelloid, white-spored, moss parasitic agaric...; spores smooth, inamyloid, with prominent apiculus as in Mycenella. ( http://www.mycokey.com/MycoKeySolidState/species/Rimbachia_arachnoidea… )

( http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Rimbachia+arachnoidea )

Notes:

Rimbachia is a genus of fungi in the Tricholomataceae family. The genus contains about ten species with a widespread distribution in tropical regions ( wikipedia ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=107234 )

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