Glasscup
Orbilia xanthostigma
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Description
The Glasscup (Orbilia xanthostigma) is a disc fungi and decomposer of wood that can be found from spring through fall. The cup is yellow to ochre-colored, round in outline, semi-transparent, and with a waxy texture. The cups are small (up to 1/8") and can grow in large groups on downed logs.
Observations
June 28th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
#135
Growing in large numbers in close proximity on large rotting (white rot) basswood log in the bottom of large, moist woodland draw.
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August 31st, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
#352
- Growing in high numbers in close proximity on fallen hardwood log in low/moist, shaded woodland area.
References
Fries, Elias. (1846). Eliae Fries Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu Enumeratio systematica et critica plantarum quum cotyledonearum, tum nemearum inter Mare Occidentale et Album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, indicata simul distributione geographica ... Accedunt expositio systematis plantarrum morphologici, comparatio vegetationis adjacentium regionum, definitiones specierum in Kochii Synopsi florae germanicae et nemearum monographiis haud obviarum L. aliter expositarum (Vol. 2, p. 357). A. Bonnier. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32636978
Created April 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM and last updated April 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM