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Ecology
substrate
soil
woody debris
Gasterocarp - Exodoperidium
surface
verrucose
encrusted with sand
structure
membranous
hyphal
Gasterocarp - Mouth
number
one
many
structure
fibrilose/fimbriate
tubular
color
concolorous with endoperidium
darker than endoperidium
Gasterocarp - Microcharacters
spore ornamentation
smooth or nearly so
moderately ornamented
strongly ornamented
striate
reticulate
ridged/crested
spore width (microns)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0
spore length (microns)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
10.5
11.0