Orange Peel Fungus - Aleuria aurantia
The orange cups often resemble orange peels strewn on the ground, giving this species its common name. The underside in fuzzy grey -white.
Grows on the ground, often on embankments or amongst grass and herbs at the edge of woods.
September to January.
Usually grows in clusters.
Widespread but not particularly common in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Blaby By-Pass footpath
27 November 2011
Lostash
Blaby By-Pass footpath
27 November 2011
AnnGleave
Monks rest
29 October 2021
Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
06 October 2013
David Gould
Bradgate Park
21 December 2014
Lostash
Botanical Gardens
20 September 2015
Saharima Roenisch
Ratcliffe Road, Leicester
23 November 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Orange Peel Fungus
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Pyronemataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 31
- First record:
- 27/11/2011 (Watson, Ashley)
- Last record:
- 03/11/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Victoria Park
20 November 2020
taelarc96
Abbey Park
19 October 2022
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Victoria Park
20 November 2020
Trevor Davis
Woods N of Measham
10 January 2021
