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Bird's Nest Fungi

Family Nidulariaceae

Description:

About 1cm across, growing in the mulch

1 Species ID Suggestions

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 8 years ago
Bird's Nest Fungi
Family Nidulariaceae Nidulariaceae


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3 Comments

EduHerNav
EduHerNav 8 years ago

I think this is a Cyathus species

Ruby
Ruby 8 years ago

Cool, thanks! I had never seen it before

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 8 years ago

This is called "bird's nest fungi". For obvious reasons. :) It's a fascinating little fungi, and I love finding it, usually on older mulch, like yours. Those little black disks inside the "nests" contain the spores. When a rain-drop hits it, the spores are splashed out.

Ruby
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Ruby

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Aug 4, 2015
Submitted on Aug 4, 2015

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