Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa)

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

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I'm so jealous of the many odd fungi you find, I never seem to find them myself. Maybe because I'm not out nearly enough lol. Posted 6 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, that would definitely keep you from finding many :P
  
  I go out LOOKING for them, but they start to pop out more and more as you observe them. Putting oneself through uncomfortable weather conditions, insect swarms, and awkward terrain helps too (not that I enjoy those parts)! Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Looks like we found the problem :)
    
    I do have somewhat of an excuse that partially covers for my lack of fungi observations: the last 3 years we were away exactly at their peak moment in autumn here. Doesn't excuse me entirely of course, but we did miss the peak season several years in a row. Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      It would be cool to see what kind of mushrooms you have in the Netherlands. I doubt the hardships would bother you since you guys trample through the jungle without hesitation. In my opinion, the hardships one must encounter in nature make the adventure more fun <3 Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        There's hardly any hardship here as we don't really have any true wild, and the country is as flat as a pancake. The only hardship is cold. I can withstand heat much better than cold, so born in the wrong country.
        
        Here's some of the species documented on JD from the Netherlands:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/NL/species/browse/fungi
        
        I'm in particular jealous of the unusual ones you keep finding: weird shapes, beautiful colors, etc. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Cool! I had no idea that you could select photos to view based on country. Can JD get any better!?!? Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes it can, and it will...one day!
        
        Could be that you know some of this already, but the whole process:
        
        1. Go to the map:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap
        
        2. Click on the globe, which takes you to this:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/countries
        
        3. Pick the county, let's pick the US:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/US/
        
        This shows the country map, but note the brown navigation bar for other country-specific content. There's photos:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/US/photos
        
        And species:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/US/species
        
        Note how the species link allows you to pick a category of wildlife (so not a full 6 level tree), for example fungi:
        https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlifemap/US/species/browse/fungi
        
        We're now looking at thumbs of species records, so not the photos themselves. And it looks like for the US there's 858 species documented. And I know the vast majority was contributed by 3 users, you know who :)
        
        Important thing to know about country level species overviews: anything not documented fully to the species level will not appear there. For that there's the countries' photos overview. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Awesome! Posted 6 years ago

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