Species details
Glazed cup
Humaria hemisphaerica
Inedible
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Description
A small pale greyish to cream cup fungus with a distinctly hairy brown outer surface.
Identification features
Fruitbody about 0.5–3 cm wide, initially almost hemispherical and later cup-shaped. The inner fertile surface is smooth, pale to greyish, while the outside is densely covered with brown hairs. A stem is usually absent.
Identification checklist
Check the nearly hemispherical to cup-shaped pale fruitbody and distinctly hairy brown exterior without a long stem.
Detailed features
- Stem
- A stem is usually absent.
Habitat
Grows on damp soil, often among moss and on small woody debris in woodland, from summer to autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October
Ecology
- Soil
- Moist
- Notes
- Grows on damp soil, often among moss and on small woody debris in woodland, from summer to autumn.
How to separate similar species
Tarzetta cupularis is paler and smoother outside. Scutellinia usually has a distinctly red inner surface and longer marginal hairs. Microscopy is often useful for similar small cup fungi.
Similar species
- Cup-shaped tarzetta (Tarzetta cupularis)
- Scutellinia species
- Humaria species