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| synonyms: Orange Cup |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Orange |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Cup shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on the ground |
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Melastiza chateri (W.G. Smith) Boud. Orange Cup. Cup 0.5–2cm across, saucer-shaped and sessile, inner surface vermillion orange, outer paler, covered in minute, downy brown hairs especially near the margin. Asci 300 x 15µ. Spores ellipsoid with coarse reticulation, 17–19 x 9–11µ. Habitat on bare sandy or gravelly soil. Season autumn to spring. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.
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