Cheilymenia fimicola
Very small orange discs on dung, usually cowpats, each fringed with dark rooting hairs.
There are several other dark fringed Cheilymenia associated with dung; microscopic examination of hairs and spores is needed to separate them. Eyelash fungi Scutellinia also have dark hair fringes, but are more orange-red and associated with rotting wood or soils.
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Photograph in habitat; note substrate. We recommend that this is verified from a specimen by an expert before submission to NatureSpot. Microscopic examination of asci, spores and other cell structures is usually necessary.
On dung, usually from cows
Melinda Bell
Dimminsdale Nature Reserve
12 November 2022
Each 3mm across (max)
Melinda Bell
Dimminsdale Nature Reserve
12 November 2022
Melinda Bell
Groby, meadow ajacent to Lady Hay Wood
03 January 2025
rooted setae with basal branch
Melinda Bell
Groby, meadow ajacent to Lady Hay Wood
03 January 2025
2-3mm across
Melinda Bell
Groby, meadow ajacent to Lady Hay Wood
03 January 2025
setae some blunt, others pointy
Melinda Bell
Groby, meadow ajacent to Lady Hay Wood
03 January 2025
granular centre
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pezizales
- Family:
- Pyronemataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 12/11/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 03/01/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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