Trappea phillipsii
Mycotaxon 38: 7. 1990
Common Name: none
Basionym: Hysterangium phillipsii Harkn.
For descriptions see Siegel et al. & Castellano
Hypogeous in dryer woodlands; mountains, coast, and foothills. Widely distributed but very rare.
Unknown.
Trappea phillispsii can be distinguished by its dark to bright green gleba with a sterile whitish band near the peridium and its whitish gleba that quickly stains bright pink to pinkish brown when handled. Trappea darkeri is similar, but stains orange-brown, yellow-brown to brown rather than pink. Hysterangium species are similar but can be distinguished by a lack of a persistent layer of sterile locules located just within the peridium and its smooth and typically larger spores.
Castellano, M.A. (1990). The new genus Trappea (Basidiomycotina, Hysterangiaceae), a segregate from Hysterangium. Mycotaxon 38: 1-9. (PDF)
Harkness, H.W. (1899). Californian hypogeous fungi. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser 3 1: 241-292. (PDF)
Siegel, N., Vellinga, E.C., Schwarz, C., Castellano, M.A. & Ikeda, D. (2019). A Field Guide to the Rare Fungi of California's National Forests. Bookmobile: Minneapolis, MN. 313 p. (PDF)
Zeller, S.M. & Dodge, C.W. (1929). Hysterangium in North America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 83-128.
