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Flavoscypha cantharella.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gelber Ohrling
Flavoscypha cantharella Mushroom
Ref No: 7729
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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
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Flavoscypha cantharella (Fr.) Harmaja syn. Otidea cantharella (Fr.) Sacc. Gelber Ohrling. Cup 1–5cm tall, elongate ear-shaped, inner and outer surface bright sulphur-yellow, base whitish. Flesh thin, white. Asci 150 x 10µ, not blued by iodine. Paraphyses slender, curved at the tip. Spores elliptical containing two oil drops, 10–12 x 5–6µ. Habitat in soil roadsides and parks in mixed woods. Season late summer to autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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