Cyathus stercoreus at Brogo, NSW

Bird's nest fungus at Brogo, NSW

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	Cyathus stercoreus	1 Aug 2020	Pam
	Cyathus stercoreus	13 Jan 2019	JackieMiles

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Growing on old cow manure that I used as a topdressing on the vege bed over winter.

6 comments

JackieMiles wrote:

14 Jan 2019

Hi Teresa, Yeah, I noticed there was a 2nd species of Cyathus in the list. Just had a quick check with a hand lens - no sign of striations.

Pam wrote:

23 Jan 2019

Colours seem wrong for Cyathus stercoreus. Outside usually brown for that species, whereas these appear more tan. Though most notablly the interior should be dark. No apparent striations so rules out C, striatus. Whitish interior suggests it looks closer to C. olla.

JackieMiles wrote:

23 Jan 2019

Seems to match some of the on-line images for C. olla, but then who knows if they have all been correctly identified? Bit of a minefield trying to match photos to IDs on the web. But if you think it is worth adding that species to our list I can do so. Probably only got stercoreus on there so far.

Pam wrote:

23 Jan 2019

Yes, it most probably would be worth it to give people some more options to think about.

JackieMiles wrote:

23 Jan 2019

OK, will do, and now I think of it striatus was already on the list.

JackieMiles wrote:

23 Jan 2019

Wrong, that was novae-zelandiae. I've added striatus and olla. I found a good source of info: http://qldfungi.org.au/?s=Cyathus+olla&searchsubmit= It says only stercoreus grows on manure, with the rest on wood material or leaf litter, which suggests that mine might be stercoreus after all?

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