Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Tapesia fusca

Facts
Common Name: 
Tapesia fusca
Scientific Name: 
Tapesia fusca
Cap Diameter (mm): 
0.5-2mm
Information
Description: 

A minute greyish-white disc found clustered, often densely massed on rotten wood and wood debris in broadleaf woodland and occasionally on coniferous wood.

Distribution: 

Common throughout the year.

Habitat: 

Broadleaf woodland, occasionally with coniferous wood.

Cap: 

The fruitbody is initially cup-shaped, becoming saucer-shaped or flat, arising from a dark, felty stoma. The upper surface (hymenial) is greyish with bluish tints and a paler margin.

Flesh: 

Thin and pallid. Odour and taste nort distinctive.

Additional Notes: 

Inedible.