Rogers Mushrooms - Exidia pithya Mushroom


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Exidia pithya. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Tar Spot Fungus

Ref No: 21753
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Ref No: 21754
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location: Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Black or blackish

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Other

stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent

flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky

habitat: Grows on wood

Exidia pithya Tar Spot Fungus A. &S.:Fr. Fungus a moist gelatinous knob-like extrusion, when old it forms a dark blackish- grey tar-like crust. Spores cylindrical 12-15x4.5-5.5 ľ. Found on spruce twigs and branches lying on the ground throughout the year. Found in Europe not recorded from America. Not edible. Photographs sent to me from Poland by Miroslaw Wantoch-Rekowski, many thanks.

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