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What

Toad's Ear (Otidea bufonia)

Observer

alan_rockefeller

Date

August 30, 2012

Description

Under oak.

Spores 2/3rds with 2 oil droplet and 1/3rd with one. Spore measurements:

10.2 [11 ; 11.4] 12.2 × 5.3 [5.7 ; 5.9] 6.3 µm

Q = 1.8 [1.9 ; 2] 2.1 ; N = 30 ; C = 95%

Me = 11.2 × 5.8 µm ; Qe = 1.9

Rarely (approx 1%) of the spores are up to 8 µm wide.

Asci with blunt tips. Paraphyses curly.

Herbarium specimen in the Cacoma 2012 bag.

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