Taxonomy
Conchomyces bursaeformis
Red List Status -
Description
Pileus: convex becoming planoconvex; 10 – 65 mm diameter; squamulose at centre becoming velutinous towards the margin;white to cream to creamy yellow, becoming grey cinnamon with age; margin striate in mature specimens.
Stipe: absent; dorsally attached.
Gills: eccentric; crowded; white, pale cream or slightly grey; with a single series of lamellulae.
Flesh: tough, rubbery.
Spore print: white.
Spores: ovoid to subglobose; 5.5 – 8 × 5 – 6 µm; thick walled, warty or spinose.
Notes: this small shell like pale coloured fungus is dorsally attached to its substrate and had a tough rubbery consistency. Its identity can be confirmed by its warty/spiny spores.
Patrick Leonard 2019