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.


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6 comments:

  1. Mark Evans7 January 2015 at 18:54

    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. M.Bevan7 January 2015 at 19:42

    cheers mark information priceless.

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  3. M.Bevan7 January 2015 at 19:43

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

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  4. Martin Bell7 January 2015 at 20:42

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

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  5. Mark Evans7 January 2015 at 20:44

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

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  6. M.Bevan7 January 2015 at 20:54

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

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