Problem disc / cup fungi from Clumber

[FungiJohn]

I never did get very far with this one Found on dead beech at Clumber last October.

Any help much appreciated



John

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

I never did get very far with this one Found on dead beech at Clumber last October.

Any help much appreciated



John

A common one John, but rarely recorded or identified - this is Orbilia inflatula (also known as Orbilia auricolor in older literature) by the look of it, a small discomycete as you can see.

It is very common, often occuring underneath old, rotten bark which has fallen off a dead tree, and to qualify that even further, usually on bark of sycamore ! It can, howver, occur on other tree hosts such as ash and beech and even old basidiomes of Phellinus sp.

Another brilliant image as well !

Nick

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by mykonik

A common one John, but rarely recorded or identified - this is Orbilia inflatula (also known as Orbilia auricolor in older literature) by the look of it, a small discomycete as you can see.

It is very common, often occuring underneath old, rotten bark which has fallen off a dead tree, and to qualify that even further, usually on bark of sycamore ! It can, howver, occur on other tree hosts such as ash and beech and even old basidiomes of Phellinus sp.

Another brilliant image as well !

Nick

Many thanks Nick. I can't honestly say I've seen it before but being quite small I guess I often over looked it

John