Saturday, 04 February 2012

Lemon Disco

Facts
Common Name: 
Lemon Disco
Scientific Name: 
Bisporella citrina
Cap Diameter (mm): 
Up to 3mm across
Information
Description: 

A very small, yellow saucer shaped fungus found densely clustered on the dead wood of deciduous trees.

Distribution: 

Common throughout the year.

Habitat: 

Deciduous woodland od dead wood.

Cap: 

Bright yellow but ageing to orange-yellow, smooth, saucer-shaped, sessile.

Flesh: 

Pallid flesh.

Gills: 

Asci is narrowly cylindrical or clavate.

Stem: 

Absent.