Hymenoscyphus scutula

Hymenoscyphus scutula

Description

The fruit bodies are white to creamy white shallow cups with white margins and exteriors, and whitish or yellowish stalks reaching up to 4 mm in diameter.

Identification difficulty

microscopy

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

They grow on damp, dead stems of Bramble and stems of herbaceous plants, including Hemp Agrimony, Common Nettle, Rosebay Willowherb and Gipsywort. They grow individually, spaced along their host, or occasionally in pairs. (ref. P Thompson, Ascomycetes in Colour, 2013)

When to see it

They fruit mainly in the autumn.

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