12 April 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Cheilymenia Fruiting Body Cup then disk shaped, orange, upper surface smooth, under surface and margin covered with pale hairs, to about 5 mm across Flesh Firm, orange Smell Unknown Taste Unknown Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dung, favouring cow dung Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (17-20) x (10-12) µm2. Asci 8 spored. Paraphyses cylindrical with swollen tips, septate. Hairs septate, branched at the root. Edibility Inedible 
Paraphyses and asci viewed with a x40 microscope objective. 12 April 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |