Sighting 4201815
Cyathus stercoreus
Bird's nest fungus at Red Hill, ACT
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| Cyathus stercoreus | Heino1 | 4 Mar 2019 |
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On herbivore dung. Herbarium collection HL5110 at CANB.
2 comments
5 Mar 2019
These photos show various fruit bodies from one herbarium collection. The specimens were dried after collection. However, the fruit bodies have a low water content and so look much like this out in the wild (particularly in dry conditions). The main purpose of this photograph is to provide a contrast with (
Cyathus stercoreus on 15 Apr 2005). In the inset you see three spores. These fruit bodies were collected from herbivore dung in a grazing paddock. The site was sparsely grassed and totally exposed to sun and wind and my guess is that they had been exposed to weathering for quite some time.
Cyathus stercoreus on 15 Apr 2005). In the inset you see three spores. These fruit bodies were collected from herbivore dung in a grazing paddock. The site was sparsely grassed and totally exposed to sun and wind and my guess is that they had been exposed to weathering for quite some time.Location information
- Coordinates 149.133333-35.344444
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 21 May 2005 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Heino1 Recorded by
Collections
- Heino1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Cup with one or more 'eggs' inside [birds nest fungi and cannonball fungus] Disk-like to cup-like Fungi Cyathus stercoreus
Species information
- Cyathus stercoreus Scientific name
- Bird's nest fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804.4m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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3 / 7
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