Anthracobia melaloma (Alb. & Schw.: Fr.) Boud.

click thumbnail to see a larger image

Description:
cup fungus
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

not often looked for, probably not rare

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on burned wood or soil

Habitat: where fire has occurred

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Order: Pezizales