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Scutellinia scutellata  — Eyelash Cup — Pyronemataceae


Small mushroom. Sphere-like fruiting body, quickly maturing to cuplike and then flattened. Fertile surface smooth, red to orange, margin fringed with dark hairs. Exterior also hairy. Stalk absent. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Gregarious or clusters, on rotting wood, soil, sometimes ashes or leaves, wet areas.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: White

Season:
Autumn



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Dark hairs on margin
Striped Peak Trail

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White mycelia
Striped Peak Trail

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