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Ascoma about 3cm. It was growing solitary, on a path in a mixed forest.
Asci 4-spored, H+, 194x21um.
Ascospores with 8-10 septa, measured
*(125.4) 127.5 - 146 × (5.6) 6 - 7.56 (7.6) µm
Q = (16.4) 16.9 - 23.1 (26.1) ; N = 11
Me = 137.2 × 6.8 µm ; Qe = 20.5

Spores: ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, transluscent, smooth.
measuring 7.28 – 9.79 × 6.02 – 7.33 µm
Q = 1.17 – 1.34 ; N = 9
Me = 8.41 × 6.72 µm ; Qe = 1.24
8.25 × 6.48
7.75 × 6.51
8.23 × 6.57
7.28 × 6.02
8.59 × 6.61
9.79 × 7.28
8.75 × 7.33
8.51 × 6.47
8.58 × 7.28

Collected by Amalia Turner along the Rose’s Creek Trail. Growing on a dead dipteran attached to the underside of a live Fagus grandifolia leaf.

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Sep. 25, 2024.

Planned iNat stop just off the highway on the way to Wichita Falls from New Orleans on a road trip from Miami, FL to San Jose, California (Day 4 of 8)

This was thankfully a pretty long stop! All of my observations from this area:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=30.25777076663987&nelng=-90.29742668333328&on=2024-06-10&place_id=any&swlat=29.93102420354026&swlng=-91.01565788450516&user_id=joemdo

Growing in sand at the edge of a path under Coccoloba uvifera and Scaevola taccada. Caps dry to slightly tacky; up to 75.5 mm wide and up to 28.3 mm high. Stems up to 49.9 mm long and up to 26.5 mm wide. Stems and context slowly bruising brown. Odor slightly acidulous and fruity, a bit like green coconut. Taste not distinctive.

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Apr. 21, 2023.