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Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60396/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/60396_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=bMl0Vb8zRnC5DkIzP5Rs4PQBVPA%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60395/rubber_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73747/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html Galeilla rufa,Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Spring,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73747/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/73747_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=tsL0%2F1cW%2F6wwPVs3AbeOGLRPMws%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60395/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60396/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> <br /> Galiella,Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Sarcosomataceae,Spring,United States,fungi,fungus,peanut butter cup fungus" /></a></figure> Galeilla rufa,Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa)

Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.

Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60395/rubber_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73747/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html Galeilla rufa,Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Spring,United States

Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on highly rotted wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60395/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60396/peanut_butter_cup_fungus_galiella_rufa.html<br /> <br /> Galiella,Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Sarcosomataceae,Spring,United States,fungi,fungus,peanut butter cup fungus

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    How cool that we now have photos of the species being both closed and open. Wonderful! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      I love them! I'm glad you enjoyed them as much as I did!

      They do make me hungry, however!       Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    These are perfect!! Makes me wish I could eat peanut butter ;) Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      Same here! I was looking at peanut butter substitutes to make something similar :D Posted 7 years ago
  5. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    Yes!! They look delish. Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      :D They really do! How dare they look so yummy? Especially whilst I'm burning extra calories out in the forest? Posted 7 years ago
  7. View nightjar6's profile
    nightjar6
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    Yummy looking Fungi Posted 7 months ago

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The Peanut Butter Cup Fungus

''Galiella rufa'' is a species of fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae. The fungus produces cup-shaped fruit bodies that typically grow in clusters on branches and exposed portions of buried wood throughout eastern and Midwest North America and in Malaysia.

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Similar species: Pezizales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded May 22, 2018. Captured May 19, 2018 00:42 in 381 Dally Cove Rd, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/4.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm

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