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Urnula craterium
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The scientific name of this fungus is Urnula craterium. What a lovely name- the perfect name for an Addams family child, perhaps? But I digress, the name simply means "burned" (Urnula) "small crater" (craterium). And indeed- the fungi is pitch black inside- and does very much resemble a small burned out crater. It should be noted then, that newly emerging Devil's Urn mushrooms look more like little fingers pushing up from the soil. But, in the short span of a few days, the little "fingers" widen at the top and split open to form the crater.
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Nice!
great capture Daniele,congrats thanks for sharing and welcome to Project Noah,the scientif name of the species is Urnula craterium,you can now edit the spotting again and make that change :-)
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