Orange Cup - Melastiza cornubiensis
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.
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 October 2020
det. R Iliffe
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 October 2020
det. R Iliffe
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Species profile
- Common names
- Orange Cup
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Pyronemataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/10/2020 (Nicholls, David)
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