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.
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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