[ it was transferred to Resupinatus by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.[2]]Description
The cuplike to convex fruit bodies of the fungus are {{convert|0.2|to|0.6|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} in diameter, and grayish-blue to grayish-black in color. The dry cap surface is covered with small, fine hairs. The mushrooms have no stem, and have a firm but gelatinous flesh. The mushrooms produce a white spore print.[3]
Habitat and distribution
The fungus is saprobic, and grows on decaying wood.[4] It is widely distributed in North America,[3] Europe, and Australia.[6]
References
1. ^1 {{cite book |author=Fuhrer B. |year=2005 |title=A Field Guide to Australian Fungi |publisher=Bloomings Books |page=165 |isbn=1-876473-51-7}}
2. ^1 {{cite book |title=A Natural Arrangement of British Plants |author=Gray SF. |year=1821 |volume=1 |page=617}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite book |author=Miller HR, Miller OK. |title=North American Mushrooms: a Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi |publisher=Falcon Guide |location=Guilford, Connecticut |year=2006 |page=138 |isbn=0-7627-3109-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjvXkLpqsEgC&lpg=PA138&dq=Resupinatus%20applicatus&pg=PA138#v=onepage&q=Resupinatus%20applicatus&f=false}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/gilled%20fungi/species%20pages/Resupinatus%20applicatus.htm |title=Resupinatus applicatus |author=Emberger G. |year=2008 |work=Fungi Growing on Wood |publisher=Messiah College |accessdate=2010-12-08}}