Typhula anceps

On decaying ground leaves of broadleaf trees, such as Populus or Salix, with cylindrical to clavate basidiocarps, only 1 to 3 mm tall and 0.3 to 0.5 mm thick, pure white, with a short translucent, slightly pubescent stipe.

Monomitic hyphal system, with hyaline, thin-walled context hyphae arranged parallel, 2 to 4 µm wide, septate with simple septa (without clamp connections).

Without cystidia.

Basidia cylindric-clavate, 30 to 40 µm long by 5 to 6 µm wide, with a simple base and tetrasporic.

Spores ellipsoidal to amygdaliform, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 6.5 to 10 µm long by 4 to 5.5 µm wide, with a pointed end where the apiculus is located, and weakly amyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2028/23.