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Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63246/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/63246_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=r4pLtW1pDwNZP7u%2BGDznyxTqYcI%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63249/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63247/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus,hairy rubebr cup,mushrooms" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63247/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/63247_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=v4myD%2FMyhbfqJ%2BoNkDFCMfE2jLs%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...The cluster that is farthest to the right has a mouse head and guts on top of it that must have been left there by a fox or some other creature.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63249/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63246/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63249/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/63249_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=KtLsrtUgUTavs92OM7DpLx3g99o%3D" width="200" height="154" alt="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63246/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63247/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States,hairy rubber cup" /></a></figure> Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa

Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown.

Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.

Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63249/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63247/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus,hairy rubebr cup,mushrooms

Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...The cluster that is farthest to the right has a mouse head and guts on top of it that must have been left there by a fox or some other creature.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63249/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63246/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States

Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa Cup fungus that resembles a peanut butter cup! The cup is closed at first, but then opens to form a shallow cup. The outer surface is blackish brown while the inner surface is tannish brown. <br /> <br /> Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63246/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63248/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63247/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Rufous rubber cup,Summer,United States,hairy rubber cup

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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 Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jul 19, 2018. Captured Jul 19, 2018 10:31 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
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