Cheilymenia granulata

Cheilymenia granulata

Alternative names
Coprobia granulata
Description

Small orange-red or coral-red discs on dung, usually cowpats.  It does not have dark fringing hairs, but the outside is finely granular and the margins of the discs are minutely serrated.

Similar Species

Several other species of small orange disc-shaped ascomycetes colonise herbivore dung.

Identification difficulty

microscope

Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note substrate.  We recommend that this is verified from a specimen by an expert before submission to NatureSpot.  Microscopic examination of asci, spores and other cell structures is usually necessary.  

Habitat

On dung, usually from cows.

When to see it

All year but most commonly in summer and autumn

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