Fungi
Disk-like to cup-like
Cup with one or more 'eggs' inside [birds nest fungi and cannonball fungus]
Sighting 4369056

Cyathus sp.

A Bird's Nest Fungus at Hughes, ACT

Cyathus sp. at Hughes, ACT - 28 Jan 2021 10:50 AM
Cyathus sp. at Hughes, ACT - 28 Jan 2021 10:50 AM
Cyathus sp. at Hughes, ACT - 28 Jan 2021 10:50 AM
Cyathus sp. at Hughes, ACT - 28 Jan 2021 10:50 AM
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Identification history

Cyathus sp. 23 Feb 2021 Heino1
Cyathus sp. 28 Jan 2021 ruthkerruish

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User's notes

Not sure which species BUT the area covered was more than 1 square meter under an apple box - the bird's nest was growing on compost delivered to protect the roots of large eucalypts which had been exposed by regular mowing! The light prolonged rain is producing other fungi in HGW as well.

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  • Cyathus sp. Scientific name
  • A Bird's Nest Fungus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 786.6m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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