Tubifera sp.

Tubifera species

Plasmodium :- First white then becoming pink.

Pseudoaethalia pulvinate pinkish ageing to brown.

Sporangia:- cylindrical, tapering to a narrow base

Peridium:- simple, membranous, persistant, dehiscing irregularly or by a lid.

Pseudocapillitium:- generally absent or occasionally some weak thin threads attached to the peridium.

Spores:- pale brown to pale orange yellow.

Grows on dead wood.

 It is important to observe both immature and mature stages of the same pseudoaethalium; the shape of the sporothecae in general and especially the shape of the sporothecal tips is the most reliable morphological character to identify species in the T. ferruginosa complex.