Plate 51. Wet and Dry-rot fungi—leathery and tough and spores borne within shallow pores or on an uneven surface
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(c) Colonisers of cones
Auriscalpium vulgare S. F. Gray Ear-pick fungus
Cap: 8-12 mm. Stem: width 4-6 mm; length 40-75 mm.
Description:
Cap: kidney-shaped or semicircular, thin, date- or umber-brown, hairy, but paler towards the margin.
Stem: erect, slender, hairy, particularly at the base, and attached at the side of the cap (excentric).
Gills: replaced by flesh-coloured, then greyish brown spines.