Fuckel Cup
Ciboria amentacea (Balb.) Fuckel 1870
50.8843, 5.98617
Field Notes
Description:
Ciboria amentacea (Balbis ex Fr.) Fuckel Cup 0.5–1cm across, cup-shaped or more shallow, especially with age, inner surface light brown, outer similarly coloured and smooth, attached to the substrate by a slender light brown stalk up to 3cm long. Asci 135×9µ. Spores ellipsoid, 7.5–10.5×4.5–6µ. Habitat on fallen alder or willow male catkins. Season early spring. Occasional. Not edible. Found In Europe.
Habitat:
location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Cup shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground
( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5735~gid~~sourc… )
Notes:
Species
Ciboria amentacea
Cap
Cup shaped, then flattened, pale brown, to about 1 cm across
Stem
Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap
Smell
Indistinct
Taste
Indistinct
Season
Late winter to spring
Distribution
Frequent
Habitat
On fallen catkins from alder, hazel and willow
Microscopic Features
Spores spindle shaped to ellipsoidal, smooth (8-10) x (4.5-5.5) µm2. Asci eight spored. Paraphyses slender, swollen at the tips and extending slightly beyond the asci.
Edibility
Inedible
( http://www.leifgoodwin.co.uk/Fungi/Ciboria%20amentacea.html ), ( http://www.natuurfotoalbum.eu/map/showphoto.php?photo=103831 ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=183515 )-- (for size , compare it with the moss, it is common, many people should be familiar with the size of this moss)
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