Bird's Nest Fungus - Cyathus sp.

Cyathus stercoreus or C. olla?

Habitat: Growing on mulch in a garden

comments (5)

morpheme

Lion

You may also want to consider Cyanthus olla - it's very similar, but usually not as strongly fluted to smooth and less shaggy. The 'eggs' of C. olla are grey rather than black, but I'm wondering if they appear darker than usual as they are quite wet. Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks so much for the correction, morpheme! I also got a suggestion for it being Cyathus stercoreus on Mushroom Observer, but not with high confidence so far. I have no idea which is a better fit for the ID, so will leave it at genus-level for now. Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    Hmm - yeah that one is certainly a possibility too. It grows on poo, which out in the 'wild' would usually be noticeable, but in a garden bed, it could have been manured and be so distributed that you wouldn't see it. Posted 3 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

So nice! Posted 3 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Marta! Posted 3 years ago

No species identified

The species on this photo is not identified yet. When signed in, you can identify species on photos that you uploaded. If you have earned the social image editing capability, you can also identify species on photos uploaded by others.