Lasiobelonium variegatum

Lasiobelonium variegatum

Description

The fruit bodies consist of a brownish pink fertile inner surface, margins with straight, reddish brown hairs and exteriors covered with similar hairs, but twisted. They have short stalks and grow in small, but dense groups on their host. (Up to 1.5 mm diameter.)

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph on host plant; note substrate and associated plant species.  We recommend that this is identifed by an expert, from a specimen, before submission to NatureSpot

Habitat

Found growing on dead wood from deciduous trees and also on woody herbaceous stems which have fallen into dampness.

When to see it

They fruit from late winter until early summer.

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