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Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa) Growing on a hardwood twig in a dense mixed forest. These fungi have not fully opened to reveal the &quot;peanut butter cup&quot; appearance!<br /> <br /> There is also a mystery fungus (never identified) to the left in the photo. Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Rubber Cup,Spring,United States,ascomycete,ascomycota,fungi,fungus Click/tap to enlarge

Peanut Butter Cup Fungus (Galiella rufa)

Growing on a hardwood twig in a dense mixed forest. These fungi have not fully opened to reveal the "peanut butter cup" appearance!

There is also a mystery fungus (never identified) to the left in the photo.

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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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Uploaded Feb 5, 2019. Captured May 18, 2018 07:05 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/3.2
  • 1/80s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm