Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Arrhenia Spathulata

Facts
Scientific Name: 
Arrhenia spathulata
Cap Diameter (mm): 
0.50-20mm
Stem Height (mm): 
0.15-30mm
Information
Description: 

Very small fungi found on a moss over a gravelly or gritty substrate on sunny sheltered banks. Not Common grows late Autumn to early winter. This specimen was Verified by Dr P.Roberts @Kew k(m)160867.

Distribution: 

Uncommon to rare or much overlooked.

Habitat: 

Mosses over various particle substrate.ie gravel paths and banks ,overgrown tarmac edges. Grows on acrocarp mosses, very often on Tortula sp.

Cap: 

Pallid brown with cream tinge almost translugent ,at first convex then infundibuliform with deep undulating margin.

Flesh: 

Thin

Stem: 

Cap and stem appear has funnel shape with hardly any distinction between the two.