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The closest sequence in Genbank is at 82% - except for one soil fungus sequence from North Carolina that's 99.18% similar. This is likely an undescribed species or a species that has been described a long time ago but has not been sequenced.

Near oak and other hardwoods in moss in a peninsula in Ohrbach Lake

I got quite a surprise when I looked at these odd "sporodochia" and they started to wriggle around on my slide after a few minutes!

picture 2-3 show individual immediately after mounting them in water still in their deshydrated form

Picture 8 show the corona (which was ciliate, albeit this trait did not show up on pictures)

Picture 9 show a corona and toe from another individual and picture 10 show the mastax.