Pseudoplectania vogesiaca

Appearance

Shallowly cup-shaped to plane with a short stalk, 2-3 cm broad; upper surface smooth dark olive-brown, blackening in age; margin often wavy externally very sparingly tomentose, strongly wrinkled when dry, darker than upper surface, flesh sub cartilaginous; stalk variable, up to 2-3 cm x 3 mm, attached at base by dense, coarse dark brown hairs. Features include a dark brown to blackish cup clothed with straight or slightly wavy hairs, a stalk of variable length, but never long like Plectania nannfeldtii.

Naming

Plectania malaena, Pseudoplectania malaena is recognized by both MycoBand and Species Fungorum as distinct from Pseudoplectania vogesiaca, but no ascertainable significant macroscopic or microscopic differences have been found

Distribution

North America

Habitat

on decaying wood in coniferous forests, especially among Sphagnum