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Encoelia furfuracea
Orange-brown cups with a pale creamy warty outer surface up to 15mm across opening to form irregular cups, often bunched together in clusters. Asci eight spored 90-100x6µ asco spores smooth, cylindrical 9-11x2µ. Found in mid winter through to spring, on Hazel and Alder. Europe and North America. Inedible.
Harpeth River state park, Tennessee.
Fuzzy brown fungus growing on decaying wood.
:). mine were juveniles, yours look matured, maybe i will go back and look if mine are still there and how much they have changed.. And they were NOT sweaty !! :) [no problem , i know how you mean it]
Spotted on Mar 7, 2012
Submitted on Mar 8, 2012
