Trichia erecta

Trichia erecta Rex, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1890: 193. 1890
Sporangia stalked, scattered or loosely gregarious, sometimes in clusters of two or three, globose or turbinate, 0.5-0.7 mm. in diameter, nut-brown, the upper portion often displaying broad, yellow bands arranged in a reticulate pattern, the yellow portion representing the inner peridium, the darker portion the granular thickenings constituting the outer peridium; total height 1-2 mm.; stalk cylindric, stout, 0.1-1 mm, high, 0.2-0.3 mm. thick, dark brown, opaque; mass of spores and capillitium bright yellow to orange-yellow; elaters 3.5-4 /* in diameter, bearing four spirals, coarsely spinulose; spores by transmitted light pale, minutely warted, 11-13 p in diameter; Plasmodium white.
Type locality: New York. Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: New York to North Carolina and Quebec; Washington (state) ; Europe; Ceylon.