<p>Scientific Name: <i>Clavulina cristata-group</i>
Common Name: Crested Coral Fungus
Certainty: not sure (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bornnaturalist.org/notes/20060715#14">notes</a>)
Location: Southern Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove
Date: 20060715
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Some nice basidia, at 100x.  Marks are 10um.  It's rare that I find such beautiful perfect ones!  Note, there are only two spores per basidium in this species -- the vast majority of mushrooms bear 4 spores per basidium.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7147684@N03">Jason Hollinger</a>
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