Tricharina gilva
Nytt Mag. Bot. 15: 60. 1968.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Patella gilva (Boud.) Seaver
For descriptions see Van Vooren et al., Seaver, Beug et al., & 'California Mushrooms'.
Gregarious to clustered in burned soil; uncommon, fruiting from spring through late summer in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Unknown.
Tricharina gilva can be distinguished by its growth on burned soil, dull yellow to yellowish brown sessile cups with pale brown, hairy external surface and broadly ellipsoid, eguttulate, smooth spores. Pyronema omphalodes also grows on burned soil, it produces congested masses of bright orange cushion-shaped cups with glabrous external surface.
Beug, M.W., Bessette, A.E. & Bessette, A.R. (2014). Ascomycete Fungi of North America. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX. 488 p.
Breitenbach, J. & Kränzlin, F. (1984). Fungi of Switzerland. Volume 1: Ascomycetes. Verlag Mykologia: Luzern, Switzerland. 310 p.
Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
Medardi, G. (2006). Ascomiceti d'Italia. Centro Studi Micologici: Trento. 454 p.
Seaver, F.J. (1978). The North American Cup-Fungi (Operculates). Lubrecht & Cramer: Moncticello, N.Y. 377 p. (PDF)
Van Vooren, N., Lindemann, U. & Healy, R. (2017). Emendation of the genus Tricharina (Pezizales) based on phylogenetic, morphological and ecological data. Ascomycete.org 9(4): 101-123. (PDF)
