Cheilymenia granulata

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Cheilymenia granulata

16 October 2008 Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Synonymns

Coprobia granulata

Fruiting Body

Disk shaped, flat or somewhat irregular, upper surface smooth, underside scurfy, margin finely serrated, coral red to orange, to about 2mm across

Flesh

Firm

Taste

Unknown

Season

All year

Distribution

Very common

Habitat

On dung from herbivores, especially cows

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (14.5-17) x (7-9) µm2. Asci cylindrical 8 spored. Paraphyses club shaped, septate, markedly swollen at the tips.

Edibility

Unknown