| Neottiella rutilans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Neottiella |
| Species: | N. rutilans |
| Binomial name | |
| Neottiella rutilans Fr., 1822 | |
Neottiella rutilans is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This European species appears in autumn as bright yellowish-orange discs among Polytrichum and related mosses.
Description
This cup fungus has a shallow, somewhat uneven cup and a short stem. The upper surface is yellow, often tinged with reddish-orange, and the underside is covered by a dense felting of white hairs.
Ecology
This fungus tends to grow among mosses, particularly Polytrichum species, on sandy soils on heaths and drier moorland, appearing in the autumn and winter. Like other cup fungi, the upper surface is the spore-producing surface and as it faces upwards, the spores cannot fall out. Instead, the spores are ejected when the fungus is disturbed; if the cup is given a sharp tap when it is mature, a cloud of spores rises in a thin mist.
References
- Akata, Ilgaz; Kaya, Abdullah (2013-01-01). "Three pyronemataceous macrofungi genera new to Turkish Mycota". Turkish Journal of Botany. 37: 977–980. doi:10.3906/bot-1206-30.
- Phillips, Roger; Reid, Derek A. (2013-09-12). Mushrooms: A comprehensive guide to mushroom identification. London. p. 367. ISBN 9781447264026. OCLC 970603318.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Brightman, F.H.; Nicholson, B.E. (1974). The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants. Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-19-910004-7.
- Brightman, F.H.; Nicholson, B.E. (1974). The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants. Oxford University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-19-910004-7.
External links
- Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0.
- Buczacki, Stefan (1992). Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins. p. 221. ISBN 0-00-219978-5.
- Neottiella rutilans at Species Fungorum
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| Neottiella rutilans |
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| Peziza rutilans | |
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