Thelephora terrestris
Pl. Crypt. Linn. Exsicc.: no. 178. 1787.
Common Name: none
For description see Burt, Siegel & Schwarz, & 'California Mushrooms'.
Solitary to scattered or in clusters in soil, growing on woody debris, or climbing up stems of small plants; not uncommon, fruiting from fall through winter, widely distributed.
Unknown.
Thelephora terrestris can be recognized by its single, fan-shaped cap, or larger confluent masses with rosettes of overlapping caps, tough texture, mild odor and taste, brown to dark grayish brown caps with white margin, and warted fertile surface. Thelephora palmata is more coral-like and has an unpleasant odor and taste, like rotting cabbage or garlic. Both species are seldom seen because their colors blend in with the forest floor. Thelephora multipartita is smaller, and the flattened, spathulate branch tips are highly dissected
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