Brown Cup - Rutstroemia firma
A relatively large (up to 1.5 cm) yellowish-brown Rutstroemia, with a short stalk that darkens at the base. Initially cup-shaped, it expands and flattens. The outside of the cup is the same colour as inside, and the margin of the cup is slightly crenulate.
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On dead and rotting wood, often oak, but also other deciduous trees
Autumn to early winter.
David Nicholls
Stoneywell Wood, Ulverscroft
28 October 2023
LFSG visit
Melinda Bell
Conkers Waterside
13 December 2018
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
18 October 2018
LFSG visit
David Nicholls
Stoneywell Wood, Ulverscroft
28 October 2023
LFSG visit
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Species profile
- Common names
- Brown Cup
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Helotiales
- Family:
- Rutstroemiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 13/10/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 28/10/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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