22/Sep/24, 3:55 PM
Laiaküla raba, Harjumaa, Estonia
Mixed forest, on pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone
59°28'00.1"N 24°53'22.7"E
🔆 Occasional sun, open spot
Original Instagram postBaeospora myosura
conifercone cap
- Scientific identification
- Baeospora myosura (Fr.) Singer
- Family
- Cyphellaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Baeospora
Names across languages
- English: conifercone cap
- German: Mäuseschwanz-Rübling
- Finnish: Käpysieni
- Estonian: Hiirkäbik
- Russian: Беоспора мышехвостая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-09-22.
Hymenium
Gills, moderately spaced, white to pale cream when young, becoming yellowish or slightly brownish with age
Cap
Initially convex, flattening with age, surface smooth and dry, pale tan to light brown, sometimes slightly translucent-striate near the edges
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to slightly decurrent
Stipe
Slender, cylindrical, usually with a finely fibrillose surface, cream to pale tan, slightly darker towards the base, no ring or veil
Spore print
Spore print white
Description
Saprobic, primarily on decaying conifer cones, especially those of pine and spruce, found in clusters or groups, late autumn
Edibility
Inedible, due to small size and insubstantial flesh
Fruit body
Fruit body small, delicate structure, stipe 1.5-5 cm long and 1-2 mm thick
Dimensions
Cap 0.5–2 cm in diameter
Chemical reactions
KOH negative or faintly olive on cap surface
Odour
Odour indistinct
Taste
Taste indistinct
Microscopy
Spores elliptical to nearly cylindric, smooth, amyloid, 3-4.5 x 1.5-2 µm, basidia 4-spored
Overview
Small, delicate mushroom that grows directly from decaying conifer cones
1938). Revue Mycol., Paris 3(4-5): 193.
Field encounters
9/24/22, 11:22 AM
Värska sanatorium, Värska vald, Estonia
On pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone.
N 57° 59' 20.0" (57.988884), E 27° 37' 43.0" (27.628610)
🔆 Forest shade, manual WB
Original Instagram postSource hashtags
#sonyalpha #baeospora #baeosporamyosura #coniferconecap #pineconefungi #hiirkäbik #käpysieni #mäuseschwanzrübling #rübling #mushroomphoto #fungiphoto #fungimacro #naturephotography #seenefotod #pilzefotografieren #фотогрибов #sieniäkuvia #forestwalk #mycology #fungistudy #mushroomhunt #mushroom #fungi #estonianfungi #грибы #seened #pilze #champignon #photo #sony #fungioncone #macro #photography #värska #fungilove #fungifanatic #estonia #pilz #eestiseened #eesti #seen #foto #fotografia #pinecone
Back to the collection · Photography and field notes by @fungarium.info