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Bird's nest fungi
Bird's nest fungi are a distinctive group with tiny (4-15 mm
wide) fruiting bodies most of which remarkably resemble their common name; commonly
on sticks or woody debris. There are several genera, including the most common
ones described here.
| 127a (101c) | Fruiting body 10-15 mm wide and high; cinnamon to grey brown; membranous covering over the top later revealing a striped inner wall; "eggs" (peridioles) white - Cyathus striatus | ||
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| A828; Ar779-80; Ba97-8; M294; Mc367; P288; S161, 353 | |||
| 127b (101c) | As for Cyathus, but inner walls not striate; peridioles nearly white - Crucibilum vulgare | ||
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| A828; Ar779; Ba97; M294; Mc366; P288; S161, 354 | |||
| 127c (101c) | Fruiting body 3-10 mm wide and 5-20mm high, with a flaring mouth. "Eggs" grey to light brown, embedded in a gel - Nidula candida | ||
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| A829; Ar780; Mc368; P288; S161, 354 | |||
| 127d (101c) | Fruiting body 1.5 mm and spherical, yellow orange to whitish at maturity. The single "egg" is shot off by a ballistic mechanism given sufficient moisture - Sphaerobolus stellatus | ||
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| A830; Ar781; Ba98; P288 | |||