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Growing on the bark and decorticated wood of a dead, standing hardwood tree near Tsuga canadensis, Tilia americana. Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus sect. Lobatae, Carya sp., Liriodendron tulipifera, Oxydendron arboreum, Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia tripetala Acer sp. and Rhododendron sp. Caps glabrous with translucent striate margins; convex to pulvinate and umbilicate; 8.3 to 14.5 mm wide and 3.7 to 5.2 mm tall. Gills white and short-decurrent with 1 to 2 tiers of lamellulae. Stems white to pale gray; smooth; hollow; 25.4 to 29.5 mm long and 3.5 to 4.1 mm wide. Odor and taste not distinctive. Spore print white. Clamps present in the lamellar trama. Cheilocystidia scattered and fusiform with coralloid apices. Basidia 4-sterigmate. Spores immediately amyloid, smooth and thin-walled. Spore measurements: (5.4) 5.8 – 7 (7.5) × (3.9) 4.3 – 5.1 (5.3) µm; Q = (1.2) 1.22 – 1.5 (1.6); N = 30; Me = 6.3 × 4.7 µm; Qe = 1.4

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Additional notes for sequences (bases on the right):

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 24, 2021.