Xeromphalina cauticinalis

Xeromphalina cauticinalis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described in 1838 by Elias Fries as Marasmius cauticinalis, it was transferred to the genus Xeromphalina by Robert Kühner and René Maire in 1934.[1] It is found in North America, where it fruits in the summer and autumn singly or in groups on the seeds, needles, and sticks of conifers, and sometimes on aspen leaves. The fruit bodies have convex yellowish caps measuring 0.5–2.5 cm (0.2–1.0 in) in diameter supported by a tough yellow-brown to dark brown stipe that is 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long by 1–2.5 mm thick. The pale yellow gills have a decurrent attachment to the stipe and are somewhat distantly spaced. The spore print is white, while individual spores are elliptical, smooth, amyloid, and measure 4–7 by 2.5–3.5 µm.[2]

Xeromphalina cauticinalis
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X. cauticinalis
Binomial name
Xeromphalina cauticinalis
(With.) Kühner & Maire (1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marasmius cauticinalis Fr. (1838)
  • Xeromphalina cauticinalis (With.) Kühner & Maire (1934)
  • Xeromphalina fellea Maire & Malençon (1945)
  • Xeromphalina parvibulbosa (Kauffman & A.H.Sm.) Redhead (1988)

The species is regarded as nonpoisonous.[2]

References

Xeromphalina cauticinalis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible or unknown
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Xeromphalina cauticinalis (With.) Kühner & Maire". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.


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