Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Trichia alpina (R. E. Fries) Meylan, Bull. Soc
Vaud. Sci. Nat, S3: 460. 1921.
Trichia contorta var. alpina R. E. Fries, Ark. Bot. 6 7 : 5. 1906.
Trichia cascadensis H. C. Gilbert; Peck & Gilbert, Am. Jour. Bot. 19: 145. 1932.
Fructifications sessile, sporangiate and pulvinate, or plasmodiocarpous, scattered or clustered, 0.5-0.7 mm. broad, dark chestnut or brownish-purple to black; peridium cartilaginous, the outer portion composed of granular deposits on an inner translucent, yellow or olivaceous layer; elaters bright yellow 6-8 (-10) n wide, marked with 3-6 spiral bands, often with warts between the bands; spores globose or somewhat irregular, spinulose, bright ochraceous to orange in mass, pale yellow by transmitted light, 14-18 fx in diameter; Plasmodium orange-red.
Type locality : Sweden.
Habitat: Dead wood and herbaceous stems, especially in the vicinity of melting snow banks in mountainous regions.
Distribution: New England, Ontario, Washington (state) to California; Europe; Japan.
- bibliographic citation
- George Willard Martin, Harold William Rickett. 1949. FUNGI; MYXOMYCETES; CERATIOMYXALES, LICEALES, TEICHIALES, STEMONITALES, PHYSARALES. North American flora. vol 1. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
