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Helicogloea compressa On highly rotted wood in a mixed forest understory, below mostly pine.<br />
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Helicogloea compressa

On highly rotted wood in a mixed forest understory, below mostly pine.

Helicogloea compressa On highly rotted wood in a mixed forest understory, below mostly pine.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/106101/helicogloea_compressa.html Fall,Geotagged,Helicogloea compressa,United States

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Helicogloea compressa is an anamorph fungus which grows on dead hardwood. This species makes asexual spores called conidia in a cushion-like structure called a sporodochium. The spores are borne at the tips of slightly compressed branches and this feature is reflected in the species name.

Similar species: Atractiellales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2020. Captured Dec 2, 2020 15:34 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/32.0
  • 1/128s
  • ISO320
  • 100mm