Tubaria furfuracea (Pers.) Gillet
(Scurfy Twiglet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
GenusTubaria (a genus of twiglet toadstools)
FamilyTUBARIACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet) :
1: Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
4 Nov 2003 OSGR: SU78 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on Beech mast on ground
Image 1: Cap - dry - enlargedImage 2: Cap - moist - enlargedImage 3: Cap - moist - enlarged (2)Image 4: Cap - moist - enlarged (3)Image 5: Fruitbody - enlargedImage 6: Fruitbody - enlarged (2)Image 7: Fruitbody - enlarged (3)Image 8: Gills - enlargedImage 9: Gills - enlarged (2)Image 10: Stipe base - enlargedImage 11: Cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 12: Cap cuticle - magnified (2)Image 13: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 14: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 15: Cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 16: Cheilocystidia - magnified (4)Image 17: Cheilocystidia - magnified (5)Image 18: Spores - magnifiedImage 19: Spores - highly magnified
2: Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
16 Mar 1980 OSGR: SU73 51° 10’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: CollectionImage 2: Collection (2)Image 3: Cap - dry - top view - enlargedImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing gills and stipe - lain down - enlargedImage 5: Notes
3: Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
16 Mar 1980 OSGR: SU73 51° 10’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills and stipe - lain downImage 2: Fruitbody - side view showing gills and stipe - lain downImage 3: Caps and stipe base - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Caps - half dry - oblique view - in situ - enlargedImage 5: Stipe base - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Cap cuticle - end cells - magnifiedImage 7: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: Veil hyphae - end cells - highly magnifiedImage 10: Veil hyphae - highly magnifiedImage 11: Veil hyphae - highly magnified (2)Image 12: Description
4: Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
10 Feb 1980 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
in arable field
Image 1: Cap - top view - close-upImage 2: CollectionImage 3: Fruitbody - side view showing gills and stipe - lain downImage 4: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 5: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 6: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 7: Description

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Arnolds, E. 1982 (Tubaria account) Bibliotheca Mycologica in Arnolds, E., 1982. (Tubaria account). Bibliotheca Mycologica, Vol 90, 5pp, Ecology and coenology of macrofungi in grasslands and moist heathlands in Drenthe, the Netherlands: Part 2. Autoecology, Part 3. Taxonomy
Bon, M. & Trimbach, J. 1973 Tubaria hiemalis Romagnesi ex Bon et sa variete major n.v. Documents Mycologiques, Nouvelle série Fas 8: 5-11.
Lanzoni, G., et al 1999 Specie interessanti dell’erbario Lanzoni Fungi Non Delineati Pars VII.

Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tubaria furfuracea (Scurfy Twiglet)

A group of very similar species which grow on sawdust, wood chips, and other woody debris. The caps slightly scurfy and warm russet brown drying to pale ochraceous beige. The spores are pale brown and thin-walled.

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