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| Figure 1: Xylosphaera polymorpha. |
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| Figure 2: Up close picture of Xylosphaera polymorpha. |
Name: Xylosphaera polymorpha
Common Name: Dead Man's Finger
Common Name: Dead Man's Finger
Family: Xylariaceae
Collection Date: 4th Oct. 2011
Habitat: Found growing along the trail in some soil.
Location: West Woods Park
Description: Fruiting bodies spherical and black in colour and at various lengths. Fruiting body hard, not very soft and club-like.
Description: Fruiting bodies spherical and black in colour and at various lengths. Fruiting body hard, not very soft and club-like.
Collector: Olivia Benjamin
Key used: Orson K. Miller Jr. 1977. Mushrooms of North America. E.P. Dutton New York.
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| Figure 3: Xylosphaera polymorpha. found on rotting wood. |
Introduction Key pg. 341.
1a. Fruiting body with stalk and head...2
2b. Head variously shaped but not cup-shaped...3
3b. If flattened not yellow...4
4b. Head round, depressed, or cylindrical...5
5b. Not green...6
6a. Fruiting body branched...7
7a. On wood, black, irregular with finger-like clubs--->412. X. polymorhpa
Ecology: This fungus is saprobic. Usually found growing on rotting tree stumps and they can grow in clusters.
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