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Common bird's nest fungus

Crucibulum laeve

Description:

This tiny fungus is a exact replica of a bird nest. Yellow/Brown in the cup where the egs are atached by a cord(funiculus),when a drop of rain hit the nest the egs are projected and the cord brock,but continue atached to the egs that use it to grab themselfs to the leaves that are arround.

Habitat:

Spotted in Prado village,by river Cávado,a few minutes from my house Very tiny cup fungi

Notes:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/crucibulu...

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3 Comments

Thanks Argy and Lisa for the id and for the comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Cyathus olla? Beautiful.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

I don't know what species you have there, but these are a bird's nest fungi. Here are 2 of mine:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/125...

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/130...

São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto, Norte, Portugal

Spotted on Dec 5, 2012
Submitted on Dec 6, 2012

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