Chromocyphella muscicola (Fr.) Donk
(Moss Ear)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear)
FamilyINOCYBACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear) :
1: Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear)
28 Oct 2013 OSGR: SU22 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
on mixed mosses and liverworts on Beech trunk
Image 1: Colony on mossy tree trunkImage 2: Colony on mossy tree trunk - close-upImage 3: Colony on mossy tree trunk - close-up (2)Image 4: FruitbodiesImage 5: Host bryophytes - largely recovered - 18 March 17Image 6: Host bryophytes - largely recovered - 18 March 17 (2)Image 7: Infection and fruitbodiesImage 8: Infection and fruitbodies (2)Image 9: Infection and fruitbodies (3)Image 10: Small colonyImage 11: Fruitbodies - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Fruitbodies - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Fruitbodies - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 14: Fruitbody - cap view - close-up - magnifiedImage 15: Fruitbody - hymenium view - close-up - magnifiedImage 16: Infected moss - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Basidia and basidiomes - magnifiedImage 18: Cap cystidia - magnifiedImage 19: Cap cystidia - magnified (2)Image 20: Cap cystidia - magnified (3)Image 21: Spores and basidiomes - magnifiedImage 22: Spores - magnifiedImage 23: Spores - magnified (2)Image 24: Spores - magnified (3)Image 25: Spores - profile view - magnifiedImage 26: Spores - profile view - magnified (2)Image 27: Spores - surface view - magnifiedImage 28: Vegtative hyphae on surface of dead moss leaf - magnifiedImage 29: Vegtative hyphae on surface of dead moss leaf - magnified (2)Image 30: Vegtative hyphae on surface of dead moss leaf - magnified (3)
2: Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear)
8 Oct 2000 OSGR: ST88 51° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
on Hypnum mammillatum?
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: Fruitbodies - magnifiedImage 3: Fruitbodies - magnified (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - magnifiedImage 5: Fruitbody - magnified (2)Image 6: Clamp connectionImage 7: SporesImage 8: Spores (2)Image 9: Spores (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Lucas, A. 2006 Some Winter Rarities Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 85-88.

Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chromocyphella muscicola (Moss Ear)
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