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Spring Hazel Cup

Encoelia furfuracea (Roth) P. Karst. 1871

Photo by AlexKonig
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Field Notes

Description:

Encoelia furfuracea Spring Hazel Cup (Roth) P.Karst. Orange-brown cups with a pale creamy warty outer surface up to 15mm across opening to form irregular cups, often bunched together in clusters. Asci eight spored 90-100x6µ asco spores smooth, cylindrical 9-11x2µ. Found in mid winter through to spring, on Hazel and Alder. Europe and North America. Inedible
( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~12107~gid~~sour… )

Habitat:

location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Cup shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood
-status: rare ( http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=paddenstoelen&id=182 ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=202507 )

Notes:

some specimen are so closed,almost as weren't they ever open., i don't recognized them on the location , few (1-3) specimen were open as a cup and the inner surface was dark,smooth. The most specimen were, as a coffee-bean, on them were no sign, that they should/would be once open (as on the picture with the arrow specially marked).

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Comments (6)

My first thought was: Uh? Some squad lost their berets... ^^
on the location, was my first thought: ready coffee-bean from the tree ???? :)
I had to do a double take on the thumbnail - at first glance this looked like an old discarded sock!
Well described - nice info, Alex.

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2012

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