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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 /> Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...It was really fresh and growing abundantly.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/82896/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/82896_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=UYb%2BLW9xgoURDSAhhMRdFknk%2BMY%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 /> Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...It was really fresh and growing abundantly.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/82897/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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.

Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...It was really fresh and growing abundantly.

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 /> Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting log in a deciduous forest...It was really fresh and growing abundantly.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/82897/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States

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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Very nice flush you found! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks! I've found it numerous times over the past year or so. I never get bored of seeing it, although my kids are much less impressed each time. The novelty has worn off for them, especially considering they can't eat these. Posted 6 years 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 Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Aug 8, 2019. Captured Aug 8, 2019 10:25 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 35mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.