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magnolia-cone mushroom
Strobilurus conigenoides
Strobilurus conigenoides is a species of agaric fungus in the Physalacriaceae family. It is commonly known as the Magnolia-cone mushroom, as it grows upon the fallen "cones", or follicles, of several species of Magnolia spp. These species include M. fraseri, M. grandiflora, M. tripetala, and M. acuminata. Strobilurus congenoides is distributed mainly in southeastern regions of North America and occurs most often in autumn.
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Description
The white to yellowish cap is up to 12 millimetres (1⁄2 in) wide. The stem is translucent when young, becoming yellow, except for a white band at the top. The spore print is white.
Similar species. Most species within the genus Strobilurus, including S. conigenoides, contain common characteristics, including collybiod fruiting bodies, also known as basidiomes, with a pseudorhiza, inamyloid basidiospores, the presence of both dermatocystidia and hymenial cystidia, the cellular epicutis of the pileus, and a lack of clamp connections. Baeospora myosura and Mycena crocea are similar.
What it does
Strobilurus conigenoides is widely reported to be specific to follicles of Magnolia (e.g. M. fraseri, M. grandiflora, M. tripetala, and M. acuminata). However, in a study published in 1991, the species was said to be found on fruits of Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418310.