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Scutellinia sp.
Tiny orange cup fungi that were 1-5mm in size. The outer edges of the fruiting bodies were covered with long, dark hairs that resemble eyelashes. There were a couple dozen growing in small clusters.
Growing on rotting wood in a mostly deciduous forest.
Maybe Scutellinia scutellata?
Spotted on Oct 1, 2017
Submitted on Oct 1, 2017
9 Comments
Thanks, they were fantastic, even though they were so very tiny! The color popped right out.
Wow!
Thank you harrydangar98.
beautiful
amaging
Thanks Lisa, it was on mine as well. Check all the rotting logs that you come across, lol.
Beautiful! This fungus is definitely on my bucket list :)
Thanks. I had been searching specifically for this cup fungi on this hike, and was about to give up when I finally found it. Quite a few of them were in the 5mm range, which is the large compared to what I've found in the past.
An unusual fungi....A very pretty fungi...