Cheilymenia fimicola
Cheilymenia fimicola
Very small orange discs on dung, usually cowpats, each fringed with dark rooting hairs.
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.
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.
On dung, usually from cows
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