Anything re Scutellinia scutellata with naked eye?

[Dillybythesea]

Having photographed these dayglo orange fruiting bodies - about 5mm each - on a rotting branch next to our nature pond, I went through WAB's Gallery and found Scarlet Elfcup/ Eyelash fungus/ Scutellinia scutellata. Hurrah. But having searched the Forum with that name I then discover other species of
Scutellinia (and a whole new language of hairs and spores and such. So my question is, is Scutellinia scutellata so common as to be very likely in this case, and/or is there anything visible to the eye/ in these shots to make it so, or definitely not so, please?

[RobSutton]

Nice shots - I think it's quite likely to be Scutellinia scutellata on account of the colour and long dark hairs. But having spent hours taking various Scutellinia apart microscopically and still not being sure of any identification I wouldn't be certain. Others on here know a lot more than I do and I'm sure they'll add their ideas soon.

[Dillybythesea]

Thanks Rob! I'm sure yours was one of the names that came up a lot when I was searching the Fungi Forum for Scutellinia scutellata , and you were definitely speaking in tongues the way they do - so I'm grateful for the steer! Rhona

[flaxton]

When we look at the first "popularist" fungi books Lang and Hora, Bon and Collins each only show S scutellata. Phillips bumps that to two species and Jordan up to a magnificent 3.
It is not until you go to the specialist books like Ellis and Ellis Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates(not Microfungi on Land Plants that only has one) that you get a huge leap to 12 although half of those have changed their names.
The Key to British Species by Yeo and Spooner goes to 18 and even that misses out on another half a dozen which are included on the Checklist.

With this background it is not surprising the records are heavily biased towards S scutellata.
Using all this information if it has dark long (1-2mm)hairs then it is probably S scutellata

Mal

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by flaxton

When we look at the first "popularist" fungi books Lang and Hora, Bon and Collins each only show S scutellata. Phillips bumps that to two species and Jordan up to a magnificent 3.
It is not until you go to the specialist books like Ellis and Ellis Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates(not Microfungi on Land Plants that only has one) that you get a huge leap to 12 although half of those have changed their names.
The Key to British Species by Yeo and Spooner goes to 18 and even that misses out on another half a dozen which are included on the Checklist.

With this background it is not surprising the records are heavily biased towards S scutellata.
Using all this information if it has dark long (1-2mm)hairs then it is probably S scutellata

Mal

Or an Ape Man !

Neil.

[Dillybythesea]

Thanks for the laugh Neil!

And thanks for the info and interesting background Mal! Sounds a bit of a moving target. But from what you say, if I label mine Scutellinia scutellata there may not be a lot of folk who'll necessarily argue.

[solus]

You might find this thread of interest:
Eyelashes down the drain!

Mine turned out to be [probably] S subhirtella - I am eternally grateful to Chris for having a look at them for me!

Incidentally, I have never found any Scutellinia anywhere apart from in my drain!

[Dillybythesea]

Thanks! What a fascinating thread - except I really needed subtitles!

Will definitely check out the drains tomorrow! Rhona