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31 Records
Status
Found in singles or small groups on decaying logs and stumps.
Description
Fruiting body: Lavender shading to brownish, hygrophanous, smooth, firmly gelatinous. Gills: Close; color varies with age and light, but usually some aspect of pinkish-lavender. Stalk: Varying shades of lavender / brown, white mycelium at base. Fruiting bodies often appear more red-brown than lavender. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Lavender Baeospora in Howard Co., Maryland (8/5/2013). Identified by Bob and Jo Solem with concurrence from Lance Biechele.
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Nancy Magnusson.
Lavender Baeospora in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/3/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Lavender Baeospora in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/3/2018). Determined by Jo Solem.
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Anne Looker.
Lavender Baeospora in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Lavender Baeospora in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Lavender Baeospora (overall) in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015).
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Richard Orr.
Lavender Baeospora in Howard Co., Maryland (7/16/2015). Image features fruiting bodies showing cap interior on left and dorsal side.
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Joanne Solem.
Lavender Baeospora (gills) in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015).
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Joanne Solem.
Spores collected from a Lavender Baeospora specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). Elliptic, smooth, hyaline; measured 3.7-4.1 X 2.5-3.2 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Lavender Baeospora in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.