Oxford MA
5/23/09

Ganoderma tsugae on hemlock.

Swamp Beacon aka Mitrula paludosa is what Lincoff calls it.  The current identification is that M. paludosa is found in Europe and we have the Match-stick Fungus or Mitrula elegans. 
Growing on leaves in a in swampy area.  There are hair like structures, on the "head",  that are not mentioned in Lincoff or Mycoweb.

The largest was about 1.5" high.

The largest spore measured 19.2 x 2.9 microns.  This is substantially longer than described on Mycoweb:  "Spores 11.5-16.0 x 2.5-3.5 µm, hyaline, narrowly oblong-elliptical (appearing cucumber-shaped), smooth, thin-walled; spores whitish in deposit."