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Small (2-3cm) black fungi growing out of a moss mat. Looks like an ascomycete, but I'm not sure it is Xylaria since it is not visibly growing on dead wood. Ideas, mushroom people?
In a moss mat growing under a dogwood tree in my suburban yard.
done with pleasure. love to annoy people with my suggestion.till the next time. when you find an unknown fungi, i will look at them. (no for sure, if i know them, but i will learn) greetings from nl
Sweet, thank you Alex! I will take a look at these links when I'm home, and will update accordingly. Thanks for your help.
i had already seen this spotting and believe it or not, but i had this site as favorite in my browser-toolbar,to comment on it later, (but honestly i almost forgot). i got suspicious about this one a " xylaria". they doesn't stand really next to each other as the most "xylaria" done, when i spottet them. just now have research a little bit and found this : ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&su... ) , {1th picture} do you see the little point on the top, yours just get to grow one. i guess it could also be an cordyceps. then take a look at the american "cordyceps sinensis- the real caterpillar fungus" --> ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&su... ). really sure,can you only be, when you excavate them. BUT make sure you don't dig up the only specimen there, i had looked for others (there were 5), then i had unearth carefully (<-- very) the choosen specimen (2 standing together) and refilled the hole and covered it up, so the fungus can live/spread further unharmed/undisturbed. aslo make sure they are dont endangerd as species, dont give all information about the place!! hope to be helpfull, good luck
Spotted on Sep 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 21, 2011
