About Crepidotus cinnabarinus Peck
Scientific name: Crepidotus cinnabarinus Peck. Description: Cap: The cap (pileus) of C. cinnabarinus is bright orangish red, typically 2 to 18 mm in diameter. It is convex, and either shell-shaped or fan-shaped. When fresh, its surface is finely down-felted, especially at the base; as it matures, the surface becomes minutely pitted, more or less bald, and dry. The cap margin is irregular to fibrous, and is initially inrolled. Stipe (stem): A true stipe is absent, but a pale, lateral pseudostem is sometimes present. Gills: The gills are pale brown, with red-orange edges. They are crowded and adnexed. Spores: The spore print is buff. Spores are broadly elliptical to subspherical, with a finely spiny to warty surface, and measure 8–8.5 × 5.5–6 μm in size. Absent features: No annulus (ring) is present.
