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Auriscalpium
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Auriscalpium

Auriscalpium is a genus of mushrooms typifying the family Auriscalpiaceae and characterized by in part by rough-walled, amyloid spores that are produced on pendant spines, hence it is considered to be a tooth fungus. The type species, A. vulgare, is a common, easily identified fungus in the Northern Hemisphere found fruiting exclusively on mature, fallen, often buried conifer cones. Its wiry, long hairy stipe is topped by an eccentrically placed, shaggy pileus bearing the pendant, flexible,...

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16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Earpick Fungus

speciesAuriscalpium vulgare

Stemless Earpick

speciesAuriscalpium greyorum

Auriscalpium villipes

speciesAuriscalpium villipes

Auriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-CA01'

speciesAuriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-CA01'

Auriscalpium umbella

speciesAuriscalpium umbella

Auriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-IN01'

speciesAuriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-IN01'

Auriscalpium andinum

speciesAuriscalpium andinum

Auriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-TAC87'

speciesAuriscalpium sp. 'vulgare-TAC87'

Auriscalpium flabellatum

speciesAuriscalpium flabellatum

Bearded Earpick

speciesAuriscalpium barbatum

Auriscalpium orientale

speciesAuriscalpium orientale

Auriscalpium sp. 'HI01'

speciesAuriscalpium sp. 'HI01'

Auriscalpium microsporum

speciesAuriscalpium microsporum

Auriscalpium fimbriatoincisum

speciesAuriscalpium fimbriatoincisum

Auriscalpium gilbertsonii

speciesAuriscalpium gilbertsonii

Auriscalpium dissectum

speciesAuriscalpium dissectum

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