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Craterium minutum true size is about 1,5 mm.<br />
found these on beech-leave in my hometown Wijk bij Duurstede the Netherlands Craterium minutum,Geotagged,Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Craterium minutum

true size is about 1,5 mm.
found these on beech-leave in my hometown Wijk bij Duurstede the Netherlands

    comments (4)

  1. Very nice close up and subject! Posted 2 years ago
  2. Very cool species, Paul! They seem little reported, yet from many continents. Strange combination. Posted 2 years ago
  3. Very nice photo! They are so hard to shoot. Posted 2 years ago
  4. That looks like a challenge, accepted and beaten! Posted 2 years ago

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Craterium minutum is a species of fungus in the Physaraceae family.
SPORANGIA: total height 0.7 to 1.5 mm., goblet-shaped, funnel-shaped, or long-cylindrical, stalked, erect, gregarious, 0.4 to 1.2 mm. high, smooth, yellow, pale brown, or brown; lid convex and above the rim of the sporangium, or flat and below it, white or concolorous; sporangial wall of two layers, the outer cartilaginous, thickened at the rim below the lid, translucent below and continued into the translucent stalk, the inner.. more

Similar species: Physarales
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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Uploaded Nov 23, 2020. Captured in Vikinghof., Melkwegse Tiendweg 1, 3962 EX Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands.