Sarcosomataceae
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Plectania
,
Urnula
.
Ascocarps
are large with bright or light coloured
apothecia
, asci open by an
operculum
many with sculptured or ornamented
spore
.
Guenus: Plectania
The least common of the black cup fungi is found on the ground or on corse woody material.
Plectania rhytidia
Guenus: Urnula
Found on standing wood, cup-shaped when young, flattening out and becoming wrinkled with age.
Urnula campylospora
Unidentified
These are small black cup fungi with or without a stalk found growing on standing tea tree, which are common but not named.
Urnula species
The Hidden Forest
Forest Fungi