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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 stick in a deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87733/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/87733_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=l5vP%2Fd%2BrFtRy6Wng%2Ba30oegkVMo%3D" width="200" height="144" 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 stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87732/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87734/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87732/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html" title="Peanut Butter Cup Fungi - Galiella rufa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/87732_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=JDmZiaoofCQFfJptJWU6gYxW%2Buw%3D" width="200" height="110" 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 stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87733/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87734/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus" /></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 stick 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 /> Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87732/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87734/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,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 /> Habitat: Growing in clusters on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87733/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87734/peanut_butter_cup_fungi_-_galiella_rufa.html Galiella rufa,Geotagged,Peanut Butter Cup Fungus,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Really wonderful how well you documented this species:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/14422/photos     Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Lol, I had no idea that I tend to take so many photos of this species! I do love it though as it makes me fantasize about chocolate and peanut butter, and it makes me wish that I wasn't allergic to peanuts. Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        It is a great thing to have species well documented, over longer periods of time, different angles, states of maturity, etc. It's exactly what is supposed to happen or what we should want to happen. Posted 5 years ago
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          Christine Young
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          I have some shots from autumn of how this fungus looks when it gets old and crusty that I will have to add as well. I am always on the hunt for it. Posted 5 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 Dec 14, 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.