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| synonyms: Cramp Balls, King Alfred’s Cakes |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Black or blackish |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood |
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Daldinia concentrica (Bolt. ex Fr.) Cesati & de Notaris Cramp Balls or King Alfred’s Cakes Fruit body 2–10cm across, hemispherical to subglobose, brown at first soon black and shiny. Flesh concentrically zoned silver-grey and blackish. Asci 200×12µ. Spores black elliptical to fusiform, 12–17×6–9µ. Habitat gregarious on dead wood, especially beech and ash. Season all year. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Jo Priestnall (United Kingdom) - 29 June 2011
Cornwall Mar04
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 09 November 2010
Gdansk Bretowo.Poland
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