Conifercone Cap

Baeospora myosura

Cones of coniferous trees (spruce, pine, larch). Autumn.

Fruiting bodies tiny. Cap 1-2 cm across, flattened, with an inconspicuous blunt umbo, surface smooth, matt, pale brown, yellowish-brown, the margin paler. Gills very crowded, narrow, thin, adnexed, brownish, yellowish-brownish. Stem 1-4x0.1-0.2 cm, greyish-brown, brownish, grey-frosted, dotted. Flesh thin, tough, without any particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies yellowish-brown, growing only on pine and spruce cones. Appears as a dozen or so fruiting bodies, in small groups. Very common. Saprotroph. Its relative, Baeospora myriadophylla (B. myriadophylla), also grows in our forests; it is somewhat larger and has been found only once (Kėdainiai district, Lančiūnava forests). Inedible.