A small orange-red cup that soon flattenes to an appressed disc on soil.   On the outside of the disc are short appressed dark hairs.

Orange-peel fungus Aleuria aurantia is larger and does not have dark hairs.  There are several species of Melastiza, requiring microscopic examination of spores

microscopy

Photograph in habitat; note substrate.  This can be difficult to identify and we recommend that a specimen is examined by an expert before submission to NatureSpot; microscopic examination may be needed

On sandy and gravelly soil and paths.

Autumn to spring.