| Cudonia confusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. The species was first described scientifically in 1898 by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola.
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, they are borne in asci that measure 105–120 by 10–12 μm. The paraphyses are curled at their tips.
Cudonia circinans is similar in appearance, but its stalk is not the same color as its head.
Habitat and distribution
Cudonia confusa is found in Asia (China and Korea) and Europe, where it usually grows in tufts in coniferous forests.
References
- "Cudonia confusa Bres. (1898)". Mycobank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- Bresadola G. (1898). "Fungi tridentini". Fungi Tridentini Novi, Vel Nondum Delineati, Descripti, et Iconibus Illustrati (in Latin). 2 (12–13): 47–81.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Phillips R. "Cudonia confusa". Rogers Mushrooms. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- Zhuang WY. (1998). "A list of discomycetes in China". Mycotaxon. 67: 365–90.
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