Cheilymenia fimicola

Cheilymenia fimicola

Description

Very small orange discs on dung, usually cowpats, each fringed with dark rooting hairs.  

Similar Species

There are several other dark fringed Cheilymenia associated with dung; microscopic examination of hairs and spores is needed to separate them.  Eyelash fungi Scutellinia also have dark hair fringes, but are more orange-red and associated with rotting wood or soils. 

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

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