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Eyelash Dung-cup

Cheilymenia raripila

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Small right yellow diiscs about 2 mm wide. Some had a sparse ring of hairs along the margins.

Habitat:

These were seen growing on Kangaroo dung.

Occurrence map:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/a4096b04-7054-43bf-8ea3-009298b29584

Notes:

These fungi belong to C. coprinaria group. I have spotted at least two different sizes. Capturing the details was a little difficult.

Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae

Reference Links:

Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Cheilymenia raripila 1 or Cheilymenia coprinaria…

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Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
Thanks Martin. I thought you'd spotted some too Martin. Mark pointed the first lot to me - much smaller and difficult to photograph. I wouldn't have known that they were so small. For a fungus, I am amazed at the chosen mode of dispersal.
MartinL
Eyelashes and cups and dung do not belong in the same sentence. Having said that, its a great spotting. You guys seem to have found several types. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/340686115 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38662234

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PublishedJuly 24, 2014

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