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Taphrina amentorum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Taphrina amentorum Mushroom
Ref No: 9484
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Green
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
flesh: Other
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Taphrina amentorum (Sadeback) Rostrup. Fruit body consists of asci, about 30-50 x 10-20µ, which cover both surfaces of swollen catkin scales and malform the infected scales so that they become curved, tongue-like outgrowths; light green when fresh, and stained or streaked with red. Ascospores often budding in the ascis, 3-5 x 4-5µ. Habitat densely on female catkins of alders. Frequent. Found in southwestern North America. Season June-September. Not edible.

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