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.