Nidula candida
Bull. Torrey bot. Club 29: 271. 1902.
Common Name: bird's nest fungus
Basionym: Nidularia candida Peck (Protologue)
For description see Smith, Peck, Siegel & Schwarz, & 'California Mushrooms'.
Gregarious to clustered on branches, stumps, and woody debris, also reported on berry canes; common, fruiting from fall to mid-winter, widely distributed.
Unknown.
Nidula candida can be distinguished by its urn-shaped fruitbodies 8–15 mm tall that are covered with tufts of grayish brown hairs and contain light gray to pale brown peridioles 1–2 mm broad embedded in a gel. Nidula niveotomentosa is distinguished by smaller fruitbodies 4–6 mm tall, covered with white pubescence, and containing brown to dark brown peridioles only 0.5–1 mm broad.
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