Dacryopinax elegans (infertile surface of fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert.
Dacryopinax elegans (fertile surface of fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert.
Dacryopinax elegans in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Dacryopinax elegans in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2009). Determined by Bob & Jo Solem.
Dacryopinax elegans (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/22/2009).
Dacryopinax elegans (fruiting bodies removed from substrate) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/22/2009).
Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Dacryopinax elegans in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/9/2021). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Dacryopinax elegans spores from a specimen collected in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert. Sausage-shaped, smooth; measured 13.6-15.1 x 6.1-6.9 microns.
Spores of Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Description
Fruiting body: Head may be cup, spoon, or fan-shaped. Dark amber/blackish-brown; rubbery/gelatinous. Fertile surface: smooth. Infertile surface: smooth/slightly scurfy. Stalk: Color of head, darkens with age; round to somewhat flattened (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
Where To Find
Scattered or groups on decaying hardwood.
Seasonality Snapshot
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Dacryopinax elegans (infertile surface of fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert.
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Dacryopinax elegans (fertile surface of fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert.
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Dacryopinax elegans in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Dacryopinax elegans in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/3/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2009). Determined by Bob & Jo Solem.
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Richard Orr.
Dacryopinax elegans (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/22/2009).
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Dacryopinax elegans (fruiting bodies removed from substrate) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/22/2009).
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Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Dacryopinax elegans in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/9/2021). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Dacryopinax elegans spores from a specimen collected in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). Determined by Michael Kuo/MushroomExpert. Sausage-shaped, smooth; measured 13.6-15.1 x 6.1-6.9 microns.
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Spores of Dacryopinax elegans in Howard Co., Maryland (10/2/2016). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Dacryopinax elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
| Genus: | Dacryopinax |
| Species: | D. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Dacryopinax elegans | |
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Dacryopinax elegans is a species of jelly fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. It was originally formally described as Guepinia elegans by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1849.[2] George Willard Martin transferred it to the genus Dacryopinax in 1948.[3]
The fruit bodies have upside-down cups 3–15 millimetres (1⁄8–5⁄8 in) across. Similar species include Guepiniopsis buccina and some in Auricularia.[4]
It appears from June to October in the eastern United States west of New England.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Berkeley, M.J.; Curtis, M.A. (1849). "Decades of fungi. Decades XXIII and XXIV. North and South Carolina Fungi". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 1: 234–239.
- ^ Martin, G.W. (1948). "New of noteworthy tropical fungi. IV". Lloydia. 11 (2): 111–122.
- ^ a b Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
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