Crépidote Cinabre

Crepidotus cinnabarinus is a species of saprophytic fungus in the family Crepidotaceae with a stipeless sessile cap distributed in North America and Europe.^[3] It is highly conspicuous and often found on fallen branches and rotting trunks of broad leafed trees. In England it appears from late summer to autumn. ^[4]

Description

• Cap: Bright orangish red, the cap (pileus) of C. cinnabarinus is generally about 2 to 18mm in diameter and is convex, shell or fan shaped with a finely down felted surface when fresh, especially at its base, becoming minutely pitted or more or less bald and dry. The margin is irregular to fibrous and initially inrolled. ^[5][4]

• Stipe (stem): Absent, but a pale, lateral pseudostem is sometimes present.^[5]

• Gills: Coloured pale brown with a red-orange edge, are crowded and adnexed.^[4]

• Spores: The spore print is buff. Spore shape is broadly elliptical to subspherical with a finely spiny to warty surface, measuring 8-8.5–8.5

× 5.5–6/5 µm in size.^[4]

• Absent features- No annulus (ring).

References

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