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Description
Fruiting body: Nail-shaped; white becoming grayish or brownish in age; inrolled margin, smooth, convex to nearly flat; ~1/16" (3mm). Stalk: White; up to 1/4" (10mm).
Relationships
Found scattered or in groups on well-decayed wood, especially oak. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Oak Pin in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Oak Pin (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2014).
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Joanne Solem.
Oak Pin (close-up, side view) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2014).
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Robert Solem.
Oak Pin in Howard Co., Maryland (1/10/2020). Determined by Bob Solem.
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Sue Muller.
Spores of Oak Pin in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Joanne Solem.
Spores collected from an Oak Pin specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/20/2014). Fusiform (one side flatter), hyaline; measured 13.6-15.8 X 7.0-7.8 microns.
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Robert Solem.