Cudonia confusa

Cudonia confusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Rhytismatales
Family:	Cudoniaceae
Genus:	Cudonia
Species:	C. confusa
Binomial name
Cudonia confusa Bres. (1898)

Cudonia confusa, commonly known as the cinnamon jellybaby, is a species of fungus in the family Cudoniaceae.[1] The species was first described scientifically in 1898 by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola.[2]

Description

The fungus forms slimy or sticky club-shaped fruit bodies up to 3 cm (1+1⁄8 in) high with a cinnamon to reddish-brown "head" that measures 7–12 mm (1⁄4–1⁄2 in) atop a similarly coloured stalk that is 2–3 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄8 in) by 1–2 mm thick. Its cylindrical spores measure 35–45 by 2 μm; arranged in a parallel fashion,[3] they are borne in asci that measure 105–120 by 10–12 μm.[4] The paraphyses are curled at their tips.[3]

Cudonia circinans is similar in appearance, but its stalk is not the same color as its head.[3]

Habitat and distribution

Cudonia confusa is found in Asia (China[5] and Korea)[3] and Europe, where it usually grows in tufts in coniferous forests.[4]

References

1. "Cudonia confusa Bres. (1898)". Mycobank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
2. Bresadola G. (1898). "Fungi tridentini". Fungi Tridentini Novi, Vel Nondum Delineati, Descripti, et Iconibus Illustrati (in Latin). 2 (12–13): 47–81.
3. Hong S-W, Jang Y-S. (1987). "Notes on unrecorded fleshy ascomycetes in Korea" (PDF). Korean Journal of Mycology. 15 (2): 76–79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16.
4. Phillips R. "Cudonia confusa". Rogers Mushrooms. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
5. Zhuang WY. (1998). "A list of discomycetes in China". Mycotaxon. 67: 365–90.

External links

• Cudonia confusa in Index Fungorum