Helvellosebacina concrescens

A mycorrhizal fungus engulfing the stem of a plant.

Habitat: Growing on Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) at the edge of a swamp

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I don't have any real expertise to offer but I did notice that for Helvellosebacina concrescens, most images show it like your shot: the fungus directly attached to a plant's stem or even enclosing it. For Sebacina incrustans, it doesn't seem so attached to plants in that way. Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  I agree. I haven't gotten any feedback on MO so far, so I'm going with H. concrescens for now. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Excellent! Posted 6 years ago

The Helvellosebacina concrescens

Helvellosebacina concrescens is a mycorrhizal fungus, forming a range of associations with trees, orchids, and other plants. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are produced on soil and litter, sometimes partly encrusting stems of living plants.

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Similar species: Sebacinales

Species identified by Christine Young