Wednesday 7 January 2015

Bit of fungus in the valley

 Elf Cup sp

 Artist fungus. I was also told if you scratch the white it will go black and is a good way of telling if it is artist fungus.


6 comments:

  1. Nice group of Wrinkled Club. With the elf cup, you need to use a hand lens, to look at the tiny hairs on the pale outer side of the cup. If they are straight, it is Ruby Elfcup (Sarcoscypha coccinea) but if they are coiled or corkscrew shaped, it is Scarlet Elfcup (S. austiaca). Scarlet Elfcup is the commoner of the two and all the cups I've examined have proved to be Scarlet Elfcup.

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  2. cheers mark information priceless.

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  3. so which one wrinkled foot the white one . i thought coral fungus.

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  4. Great info on the cups - I have a hand lens so will have a closer look next time.

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  5. Yes, the white one: Wrinkled Club I'd say.

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  6. cheers mark there was loads of it under the tree up by gas tanks.

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