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Nectria cinnabarina.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Coral Spot
Nectria cinnabarina Mushroom
Ref No: 9313
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Nectria cinnabarina (Tode ex Fr.) Fr. Coral Spot. Fruit body colonial and of two types: the perithecial fructification comprising crowded cinnabar-red flasks on a cushion-shaped base, the conidial state similar butr forming coral pink pustules. Asci 70 x 12µ. Spores cylindric-ellipsoid with a single cross-wall, 12–25 x 4–9µ. Habitat on dead wood. Season all year. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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