Home
Fungi - Ascomycota
Page Last Updated: January 9 2012
11 species
Dead Man's Fingers -approx. 6 cm high
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Xylaria
Species: Polymorpha
Dead Man's Fingers - height 2 to 8 cm - width 1 to 3 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales (also Sphaeriales?)
Carbon Balls - to 4 cm
Genus: Daldinia
Species: Concentrica
Carbon Balls - to 4 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Also known as King Alfred's Cakes, Coal Fungus, Cramp
Balls - blackens with age
Balls - blackens with age
Order: Xylariales (also Sphaeriales?)
Family: Xylariaceae
Class: Sordariomycetes
Eyelash Fungus - approx. 1 cm
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Scutellinia
Species: Scutellata
Eyelash Fungus - to 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - October 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes
Also known as Eyelash Cup - stiff black hairs around the
margin
margin
Lemon Drops - to 3 mm
Order: Helotiales (also Leotiales?)
Family: Helotiaceae (also Leotiaceae?)
Genus: Bisporella
Species: Citrina
Lemon Drops - to 3 mm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Leotiomycetes (formerly Discomycetes?)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Ascocoryne Fungus (no common name) - approx. 5 cm
Order: Helotiales (also Leotiales?)
Family: Helotiaceae (also Leotiaceae?)
Genus: Ascocoryne
Species: Cylichnium?
Ascocoryine Fungus - approx. 5 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Leotiomycetes (formerly Discomycetes?)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Possibly A. sarcoides
More Ascocoryne Fungus
Updated September 30 2010
Blue-stain Fungus - approx. 1 cm
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae? (Dermatiaceae?)
Genus: Chlorociboria
Species: Aeruginascens
Blue-stain Fungus - approx. 1 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Leotiomycetes (formerly Discomycetes?)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Possibly C. aeruginosa - also called Green stain Fungus
More Blue-stain Fungus
Updated October 4 2010
Copper Penny - width 2 to 4 cm
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Pachyella
Species: Clypeata
Copper Penny - width 2 to 4 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - October 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes (formerly Discomycetes?)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
More Copper Penny
Updated October 4 2010
Recurved Cup - width to 12 cm
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Peziza
Species: Repanda
Recurved Cup - width to 12 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - October 2010
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes (formerly Discomycetes?)
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
More Recurved Cup
Updated October 4 2010
Cup-shaped at first, becoming irregular with age - also
known as Spreading or Palamino Cup - possibly P.
cerea, P sylvestris or P. varia
known as Spreading or Palamino Cup - possibly P.
cerea, P sylvestris or P. varia
Yellow? Morel - height to 15 cm
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species: Esculenta?
Yellow? Morel - height to 15 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Also known as Common Morel - M. deliciosa (White
Morel), M. elata (Black Morel) and M. crassipes are
similar and may not be genetically distinct
Morel), M. elata (Black Morel) and M. crassipes are
similar and may not be genetically distinct
Order: Pezizales
Family: Morchellaceae
Genus: Morchella
Species: Esculenta?
Yellow? Morel (one week after above) - height to 15 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Also known as Common Morel - M. deliciosa (White
Morel), M. elata (Black Morel) and M. crassipes are
similar and may not be genetically distinct
Morel), M. elata (Black Morel) and M. crassipes are
similar and may not be genetically distinct
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Rhytismataceae
Genus: Rhytisma
Species: Acerinum
Tar Spot Fungus on Norway Maple - width to several cm - Toronto Islands - October 2011
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Leotiomycetes
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
Affects Norway Maple (both fungus and Maple from
Europe) - not harmful to the tree - R. americanum and R.
punctatum affect native maples
Europe) - not harmful to the tree - R. americanum and R.
punctatum affect native maples
Genus: Kretzschmaria (also Ustulina)
Species: Deusta
Carbon Cushion - largest feature top left approx. 12 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Kingdom: Fungi
Also known as Brittle Cinder - blackens with age
Order: Xylariales (also Sphaeriales?)
Family: Xylariaceae
Class: Sordariomycetes
Phylum: Ascomycota (Sac Fungi - Ascomycetes)
More Carbon Cushion
Updated January 9 2012