Observaciones de danmorton

No distinct odor. Cap 2 - 3.8 cm wide, underside minutely hairy. Stalk 3 - 8 cm long x 3.5 - 7 mm wide. Paraphyses clavate, tips 4.8 - 7 µm wide. Asci with 8 spores, 255 - 318 x 17.5 - 20.5 µm. Spores uniguttulate, (19.1) 19.4 - 23 (24) x (11.7) 12.1 - 13.1 (13.6) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.6 - 1.78 (1.8), N = 30, Me = 20.9 x 12.7 µm, Qe = 1.7.

Helvella albella has smaller fruitbodies and the underside of the cap is close to glabrous in age.

Spore deposit dull brown. No distinct odor. Cap 7 - 7.5 cm across. Stipe 8 - 9 cm long x 1.9 - 2.3 cm wide with asymmetrical marginate bulb. Cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia with crystal encrusted tips, 50 - 78 x 14 - 18 µm. Basidia 8 - 10 µm wide. Caulocystidia with crystal encrusted tips on lower half of stipe. Spores (7.2) 7.7 - 8.9 (9.8) x (4.4) 4.42 - 5.1 (5.4) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.6 - 1.8 (2), N = 25, Me = 8.1 x 4.8 µm, Qe = 1.7.

Ascocarps up to 3.5 mm in diameter. Growing on soil/organic debris. Paraphyses septate, with tips that enlarge from 5 - 7.5 µm. Asci have 8 spores, size is 205 - 227 x 9.5 - 10 µm. Spores are 15 - 17 x 8 - 8.8 µm.

Ascocarp about 4 mm across. Growing at the base of a Western Hemlock tree, same location as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205987211.
External hairs brown, 130 - 540 x 21 - 35 µm, wall thickness 5 - 7.3 µm. Paraphyses tips enlarged up 9.8 µm. Asci are 275 - 310 x 16.3 - 18 µm. Spores have rounded verrucae, which are sometimes larger at the poles, excluding the warts the size is (19.3) 19.7 - 21 x (9.6) 9.8 - 10.6 (11) µm, Q = (1.9) 1.92 - 2.07 (2.1), N = 10, Me = 20.2 x 10.2 µm, Qe = 2.

Growing on burnt soil. Ascocarps up to 7 mm across. Stalk 3 - 4 mm tall x 1 mm wide. Paraphyses tips sometimes slightly enlarged. Asci 165 - 200 x 8.8 - 11.3 µm, with 8 spores. Spores smooth, eguttulate, (13.1) 13.3 - 15.1 (16.5) x (6.7) 7.2 - 7.9 (8.2) µm, Q = (1.7) 1.8 - 2 (2.3), N = 30, Me = 14.3 x 7.5 µm, Qe = 1.9.

Growing on charred wood or burnt ground. Paraphyses straight or curved, tips swollen up to 6.3 µm wide. Asci tips blue in Lugol's solution. Asci 238 - 263 x 10 - 11.5 µm. Spores smooth, (14.9) 15.1 - 16.6 (17.1) x (8.2) 8.4 - 9 (9.2) µm, Q = (1.6) 1.7 - 1.9 (2), N = 20, Me = 15.7 x 8.7 µm, Qe = 1.8.

Ascocarp 4.3 cm across. Growing on burnt ground. Paraphyses straight, septate, 2.5 µm wide, tip swelling up to 5 µm. Asci 190 - 225 x 10.3 - 13.8 µm, with 8 spores. Spores (8.2) 8.7 - 9.6 (9.9) x (7.7) 8.5 - 9.2 (9.7) µm, Q = 1 (1.1), N = 30, Me = 9.1 x 8.9 µm, Qe = 1.

Ascocarps up to 6 mm in diameter. External hairs brown, septate, 100 - 520 (580) x 20 - 35 µm, wall thickness 5 - 7.5 µm. Paraphyses 228 - 263 µm long with swollen tips 5 - 10 µm wide. Asci are 195 - 210 x 12 - 15 µm. Spores are 20 - 24 x 10 - 11.5 µm excluding rounded verrucae, which are sometimes larger at the poles. Growing at the base of a Western Hemlock tree.

Same location as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205263995

Asci with 8 spores, asci tips amyloid. Spores 13 - 15 septate. Setae present. Paraphyses with swollen tips. Growing in soil under Western Redcedar and Sitka Spruce.