commonly known orange coral spring species fungus family found asia caribbean north_america europe fruit bodies mushrooms fungus grow dead twigs woody debris forest floors especially streams wet places small orange red caps diameter held slender yellowish stems long gills pale yellow whitish edge species look similar distinguished differences size microscopic characteristics considered small size taxonomy named german scientist species referred german naturalist august given current transferred species genera resulting transfers considered synonyms fungus classified section genus specific epithet derived latin word meaning small needle mushroom commonly known orange coral spring description cap initially convex matures expands bell shape typically reaching diameter cap small abrupt central bump cap margin pressed closely stem young curving slightly inward cap expands narrow sterile reproductive cells typical hymenium band frequently irregularly forms extreme margin cap surface smooth translucent moist soon naked color red young soon yellowish margin slowly fading bright orange yellow flesh thin yellow distinctive odor taste gills gills broadly attached stem slightly gill gill fused stem slightly rounded stem individual gills close reaching stem tiers short gills reach stem gills moderately broad pale orange whitish yellowish base whitish edges stem long thick winding base covered sharp straight stiff white hairs surface densely white initially soon naked subsequent color shift orange yellow lemon yellow species described delight usually hands knees find fruit bodies considered small considered consumption microscopic characteristics spores roughly shaped tapering end dimensions meaning stained melzer reagent spore bearing cells basidia club shaped spored measure pleurocystidia cystidia found edge face respectively gill similar club shaped shaped egg shaped covered hyphae comprise cap cuticle wide covered cylindrical measure hyphae layer stem wide densely covered simple somewhat branched cylindrical inflated embedded gelatinous matter similar species larger species belonging section genus section differences hyphae layer outer layer tissue stem smooth similar appearance cap gills broadly short tooth gill edge orange bright yellow stem dry sticky hyphae layer stem smooth embedded gelatinous matter european collections basidia spored north american european species looks similar orange cap distinguished cheilocystidia densely covered larger cap distinguished reddish orange cap tends paler margin specialist noted readily mistaken habitat distribution fruit bodies grow singly groups somewhat debris wet places especially streams borders swamps appearance fruit bodies significantly influenced effect rainfall minute fungi largely determined prevailing dense vegetation etc doubt affected recent rain exposed situations fungus widely distributed eastern united_states canada occurs washington oregon california pacific_coast reported trinidad britain norway spain korea northeast china
Mycena acicula