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| synonyms: Common Eyelash |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Orange |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Cup shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on the ground, Grows on wood |
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Scutellinia scutellata (L. ex St. Amans) Lamb. Common Eyelash. Cup 0.2–1cm across, shallowly disc-shaped, inner surface bright orange-red, outer pale brown covered in stiff dark brown or black hairs up to 1,000µ long and 40µ wide towards the forked, rooting bases, narrowing towards the pointed apices, septate; visible without a lens as distinct ‘eyelashed’ rimming the margin. Asci 300 x 25µ. Spores elliptical and with a roughened exterior, containing several small oil droplets, 18–19 x 10–12µ. Habitat on damp soil or rotten wood. Season late spring to late autumn. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Tony Wharton (United Kingdom) - 26 October 2024
Photographed at Orielton Field Centre, Pembrokeshire.
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