Tomentella crinalis

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-09-22.

Smooth, resupinate, covering the surface of the substrate

N/A (Forms a crust-like fruit body without a defined cap)

Adnate, fully attached and spreading flat across the substrate

N/A (Lacks a stipe as it is a crust fungus)

Spore print pale brown to rusty-brown

Ectomycorrhizal, on decaying wood or forest litter in coniferous and deciduous forests, late summer to autumn

Inedible, due to its tough, crust-like structure

Fruit body thin, spreading crust on wood, covering large areas of substrate, up to 10–20 cm in patches

Crust thickness less than 1 mm thick

Odour not distinct

Spores ellipsoid to subglobose, smooth, 7–10 x 5–6.5 µm, basidia 4-spored

Found as a spreading layer on decaying wood or forest litter

1967). Taxon 16: 511.

Tallinn Botanic Garden, Harjumaa, Estonia

Decaying deciduous hardwood stump, intersecting Kretzschmaria deusta fungus

59°28'14.2"N 24°52'35.8"E

🔆 Sun with clouds, deep forest shade spot