Eyelash fungus - Scutellinia

Description

A small orange-red cup found mainly on wet rotten wood, usually in clusters. They have brown marginal hairs. There are several species and it requires microscopic examinatio to identify them

Similar Species

Some species of Cheilymenia also have orange cups wth dark fringed hairs on the margins, but are associated with dung; they are usually more orange-yellow than Scutellinia. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note substrate.  If you have not examined the spores or other microscopic features or it has not been verified from a specimen by an expert, then submit your record here, as genus only. 

Habitat

Moslty on rotting wood

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Species profile

Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Pyronemataceae
Records on NatureSpot:
1
First record:
16/03/2026 (Hunt, Graham)
Last record:
16/03/2026 (Hunt, Graham)

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