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Orange Peel

Aleuria aurantia

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Field Notes

Description:

The brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps often resemble orange peels strewn on the ground, giving this species its common name.

Habitat:

Disturbed sand & gravel soil next to a swamp.

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