Caps funnel-like


 

The fruitbody of a fungus in this sub-group may consist of a funnel-like cap on a stem or of a partial funnel (but then growing in a cluster to form a funnel-like rosette). The fruitbodies grow from wood, possibly buried and then seemingly growing from soil.  The caps range from under a millimetre to several millimetres thick, with the feel of thick paper to thin leather and have smooth to wrinkled undersides.

 

In Cymatoderma you find quite large caps, to 10 centimetres or more in diameter whereas those in Cotylidia and Podoscypha reach only a few centimetres. Podoscypha fruitbodies are often found in rosettes and sometimes have very rudimentary stems.

 

Warning

Some fungi have funnel-shaped fruitbodies with tiny pores on the underside and it may be necessary to use a hand lens to be sure there are no pores.

 


Caps funnel-like

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Pam wrote:
14 Feb 2020
I suspect it might be Terana caerulea a Corticioid or crust fungus. It's not on the species list so I'll have to put some notes together for it.

Cymatoderma elegans
WattaWanderer wrote:
13 Feb 2020
Thanks for the ID Pam - I will read some more about it.

Another friendly query about that old blue fungus too? Any thoughts?

Cymatoderma elegans
Pam wrote:
13 Feb 2020
What gorgeous images of this species in it's early stages of development as indicated by the lilac tones in the fungus.

Cymatoderma elegans
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