D. P. Lewis

Current Determination: Helvella macropus (Pers. ex Fr.) P. Karst.
Family: Helvellaceae
Det. by: D. P. Lewis
Location: United States of America: Texas
Locality: Big Thicket National Preserve, Lance Rosier Unit: 1.2 miles down Cotten Road at
Coordinates: 30.2701 -94.5062
Habitat/Microhabitat: Mixed pine and hardwood forest
Additional data: ASCOCARP 10 mm broad, cup shaped, glabrous inside, short hairs on outside and stalk and margin fringed with them, margin 10 YR 2/2 ( No Ridgway Equivalent), 2.5 Y 3/2 (Dark Olive) at center, outside 2.5 Y 6/4 (Isabelle Color) and 2.5 Y 5/2 (Near Buffy Olive) towards the margin; CONTEXT whitish except for the ascus layer; STIPE 17 mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad, + equal, dry, hairy; SPORES smooth with one large oil droplet and many smaller ones, football shape, 11.1-12.3 x 23.4-24.6 µm, ascus with 8 spores per sac; PARAPHYSES long with a club on the end.

Collector(s): D. P. Lewis
Collection Date: 2 June 1979
Catalog Subset: Fungi
EMu IRN: 89107
OccurenceID: 6b93bf5e-e7ae-4bb9-a613-8707362e1d97

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