Tubaria conspersa (Pers.) Fayod
(Felted Twiglet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)
GenusTubaria (a genus of twiglet toadstools)
FamilyTUBARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
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 Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet) :
1: Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)
10 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
troop of fruitbodies, on wood litter near cut Holly
Image 1: Caps - top viewImage 2: Caps - top view (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 4: Troop next to cut Holly logImage 5: Troop next to cut Holly log - close-upImage 6: Troop - side viewImage 7: Caps and stipe apex - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Caps - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Caps - young with veil fragments - enlargedImage 10: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Spore print - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Cap scales - cells from base of scale - magnifiedImage 13: Cap scales - cells from base of scale - magnified (2)Image 14: Cap scales - cells from base of scale - magnified (3)Image 15: Cap scales - hyphae from tip of scale - magnifiedImage 16: Cap scales - magnifiedImage 17: Cap scales - magnified (2)Image 18: Cap scales - magnified (3)Image 19: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 20: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 21: Cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 22: Cheilocystidia - magnified (4)Image 23: Cheilocystidia - magnified (5)Image 24: Spores - in cotton blue - magnifiedImage 25: Spores - magnifiedImage 26: Spores - highly magnified
2: Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)
8 May 2004 OSGR: TF40 52° 40’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: Cambs (VC 29) England
large troop of hundreds of toadstools around dead Apple stump
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view - close-up (2)Image 4: Gills - enlargedImage 5: Gills - enlarged (2)Image 6: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - magnifiedImage 7: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - magnified (2)Image 8: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - magnified (3)Image 9: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - microscope low magnification (2)Image 11: Cheilocystidia on gill edge - microscope low magnification (3)Image 12: Spores - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2014 Editorial (Jan 2014) Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 2.

Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)

A small +/- russet toadstool that dries ochraceous. The cap is finely scaley with persistent fleecy white scales at the margin. It grows in litter. Very close to Tubaria furfuracea

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