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Bisporella citrina.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Lemon Disco
Bisporella citrina 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7162
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Bisporella citrina Mushroom
Ref No: 7164
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Cup shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Bisporella citrina (Batsch ex Fr.) Korf & Carpenter syn. Calycella citrina ([Hedwig.] Fr.) Boud. Lemon Disco Fruit body 0.5–3mm across, saucer-shaped tapered below to a small base, bright yellow becoming orange-yellow when old or dried, exterior smooth. Asci 135×10µ. Spores elliptical, containing two oil drops at each end, 9–14×3–5µ, often becoming one-septate. Habitat gregarious in dense swarms on dead wood of deciduous trees. Season autumn. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe and north America.

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