Snowy Disco - Lachnum virgineum
Cup shaped, then flattened, inner surface smooth, whitish to cream, underside hairy, white, and attached to the substrate by a distinct stem, to about 2 mm across.
On dead wood and woody debris.
All year round
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 February 2013
David Nicholls
Lucas' Marsh
09 March 2012
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Snowy Disco
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Helotiales
- Family:
- Lachnaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 22
- First record:
- 02/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 25/01/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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