Orange Cup - Melastiza cornubiensis
At first disc shaped then becoming irregularly flattened and wavy and more saucer shaped. It measures from 0.5 cm to 1.5 or 2 cm across, upper surface and underside concolorous orange and smooth, with fine hairs at the margin.
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On sandy and gravelly soil and paths.
Autumn to spring.
Rather infrequent, but widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 October 2020
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 October 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Orange Cup
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Pyronemataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
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