Description:
cup fungus
Fruiting Body: sessile apothecium up to 5 mm. Spores: ascospores 17-22 x 9.5-12.5 µm, ellipsoid, purple to brown, with longitudinal anastomosing linear ridges.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: small yellow to dark brown pulvinulate ascocarp on dung

Diagnostic microscopic feature: asci protrude above the hymenium; spores are purple; differs from Ascobolus furfuraceous in the smaller spores

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on dung; saprobes

Fruiting Season: spring, summer, fall