Brittle Cinder - Kretzschmaria deusta
The large bumpy fruit bodies are initially pale grey and soft, with grey asexual spores (conidia) on the surface. They then enter a sexual phase, which has a black, brittle crust dotted with small conical bumps which are the openings of the spore-producing perithecia inside the fruitbody.
Photograph in habitat and in close up to show surface. Note habitat, substrate and associated plant species
At the base of deciduous trees or stumps, often beech
Hazel Graves
Shepshed, White Horse Wood
22 February 2025
conf. G Hall
Hazel Graves
Shepshed, White Horse Wood
22 February 2025
Mike Higgott
Shepshed, White Horse Wood
04 June 2025
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brittle Cinder
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Xylariales
- Family:
- Xylariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 22/02/2025 (Graves, Hazel)
- Last record:
- 04/06/2025 (Higgott, Mike)
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