Common Glasscup - Orbilia xanthostigma
The small fruit bodies are translucent orange or greenish orange, with round margins which become wavy or lobed when old. The c-shaped verrucose spores are distinctive.
Photograph on host plant; note substrate and associated plant species. We recommend that this is identifed by an expert, from a specimen, before submission to NatureSpot
On decaying wood from deciduous and coniferous trees
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
14 April 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Glasscup
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Orbiliales
- Family:
- Orbiliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 07/07/2013 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 14/04/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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