Bird's nest fungus

Here is a grouping exhibiting the various stages of growth, maturity and spore dispersal.

Each fruiting body 5mm in diameter.

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Calbost Niel

Lion

Nice one Ruth Posted 3 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you. Posted 3 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

The smooth, lead-black inner surface of the "cups" paired with gray/black peridioles means this is likely Cyathus stercoreus. I love this shot! Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
1. Ruth Spigelman
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for this input Lisa. Reading now, I see it has a worldwide distribution and appears growing on dung (or soils containing it)...which would fit, as this is in a freshly dug bed that I had forked manure in to. Posted 3 years ago

The Dung-loving Bird's-Nests

"Cyathus stercoreus", commonly known as the dung-loving bird's nest, is a species of fungus in the genus "Cyathus", family Nidulariaceae. Like other species in the Nidulariaceae, the fruiting bodies of "C. stercoreus" resemble tiny bird's nests filled with eggs.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by Ruth Spigelman