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Cup fungus
Anthracobia melaloma (Alb. & Schw.: Fr.) Boud.
Fruiting Body

Sessile apothecium 2-5 mm. 

Spores

Ascospores 14-22 x 7-11 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, with two oil drops.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature

Orange-brown sessile cup with brown hairs on burned soil or wood

Nutritional Mode

Saprobe

Substrate

On burned wood or soil

Habitat

Where fire has occurred

Fruiting Season

Summer, Fall

 
     
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