Pseudobaeospora deckeri C.F. Schwarz
Mycotaxon 119: 460. 2012.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For description see Schwarz.

• Habitat

  Solitary, scattered, or cespitose in ground or humus under Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) or redwood (Sequoia sempervirens); Uncommon from late fall into spring.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Pseudobaeospora species can be distinguished by caps with inrolled margins, moderately spaced gills, course hairs at the stipe bottom, and a pileipellis that is usually a cutis. There are three named species of Pseudobaeospora in California: P. deckeri is distinct by its lilac to purple colors, P. stevensii with a dark-brown to mahogany-brown cap, and P. aphana with a brownish cap with slight lilac sheen that is paler towards the margin.

• References

  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
  Schwarz, C. (2012). Pseudobaeospora deckeri sp. nov.a new agaric from central California. Mycotaxon 119(1): 459-465. (Protologue) (PDF)
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Noah Siegel: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Noah Siegel: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Christian Schwarz: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Christian Schwarz: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Alan Rockefeller: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • iNaturalist: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Pseudobaeospora deckeri (CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)