Vibrissea truncorum

Vibrissea truncorum, the water club mushroom or aquatic earth-tongue, is a species of fungus in the family Vibrisseaceae.[1]

Vibrissea truncorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Vibrisseaceae
Genus: Vibrissea
Species:
V. truncorum
Binomial name
Vibrissea truncorum
Albertini & Schweinitz (1822)

Description

Water club mushroom is a fungus that grows up to about 2 cm tall, with a cap 0.3 - 0.5 cm wide. It is characterized by its yellow, orange, or reddish fruiting body, and white to bluish-gray stem, darkening to brown at the base. [2]

Range

Vibrissea truncorum is a cosmopolitan mushroom, found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, North America, Japan, and rarely in eastern Russia and Chile.[3] It is most heavily concentrated in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Western Russia, though it appears also in the United Kingdom and Southwestern Europe.

Habitat

Water club mushroom often grows on partially or completely submerged wood in streams at higher elevations.[2]

Ecology

References
  1. "Water Club Mushroom (Vibrissea truncorum)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2020). "E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia". Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. "Vibrissea truncorum (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr". Retrieved 9 February 2023.


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