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Brown cup

Rutstroemia firma

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Field Notes

Description:

Rutstroemia firma, formerly named Poculum firmum, is 0.5 to 1.5 cm across. The fruitbody is cup shaped, expanding to a flattened and wavy shape, attached by a short stalk 2 to 3 mm long. The inner surface is ochraceous brown, the outer surface is similarly coloured and becomes wrinkled with age.

Habitat:

Mostly found on dead and blackened wood of fallen oak branches.

Notes:

Spotted in Kroondomein Het Loo in rural area of Apeldoorn, Holland. (sources:see reference)

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