VOUCHER INFORMATION
Name: Bisporella citrina
Authority: (Batsch) Korf & S.E. Carp. 1974
Vouchered by: Brad Bomanz
Date found: 10/28/2001
Synonyms:
Collected by: Brad Bomanz
Voucher ID: 71
Confirming Mycologist: Dr. Andrew Methven
LOCATION
Latitude: N 38 31.047'
Longitude: W 090 33.886'
City: Eureka
County: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Site location: Tyson Research Center
ENVIRONMENT
Habitat: ravine (wash)
Moisture conditions: very moist
Substrate: wood - dead
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT
Reference document: The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms - 1981
Author:Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN No: 0-394-51992-2
Page no:362
SPORE DESCRIPTION
Spore length: 13 microns
Spore width: 5 microns
Spore color: clear
Spore texture: smooth
Spore shape: elliptical, oil drops at each end
Spore print color: white
Chemical reaction: n/d
There is no spore sample. I placed the fungi directly on the glass mount to get the spores. The spores were very faint, but appeared to be white (hard to tell). The fungi is so small I couldn't get enough to definitely call the color of the spores. Close examination by Dr. Methven (see annotation above) confirmed that this specimen is Bisporella citrina.