Sulphur Disco - Calycina claroflava
Small brightly coloured cups growing on dead wood. This species parasitises the mycelium of Pyrenomycetes.
More brightly coloured than more common Lemon Disco, Bisporella citrina, but separating the species with certainty requires measurement of spore size or demonstrating the close association with Pyrenomycetes.
Lemon Disco
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On the dead wood of deciduous trees, often in woodland.
All year.
Fairly common.
Fairly common.
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
16 November 2024
In association with (black) Pyrenomycete
AJ Cann
Launde Park Wood
16 November 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Sulphur Disco
- Species group:
- lichen
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 28/09/2013 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 16/11/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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