Orange Peel Fungus

Orange Peel Fungus - Aleuria aurantia

Description

The large sessile orange cups often grow in clusters, and resemble orange peels strewn on the ground, giving this species its common name. The underside is covered in minute woolly white floccules.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note substrate

Habitat

In disturbed soils, e.g. on the edge of paths or roads in parks, gardens, cemeteries and woodlands

When to see it

September to January.

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