Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) - geograph.org.uk - 989886

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia). This species is one of the so-called cup-fungi, though its cups gradually become more irregular and flattened as they develop. The initial form is well seen in these photos: 961026 and 274612 All three photos also show a very typical habitat of this species: sandy or gravelly grassland, of the sort that might lie beside a path. That was the case with the example shown here, which was several centimetres across. This is a common species, occurring from early autumn to early winter. [Roger Phillips, "Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe"] It is unlikely to be confused with any other species, except for Scarlet Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca), but the latter occurs on dead wood, not soil. Date: 3 November 2006. Source: From geograph.org.uk. Author: Lairich Rig. Attribution(required by the license)Lairich Rig / Orange Peel Fungus / CC BY-SA 2.0. Lairich Rig / Orange Peel Fungus. Camera location55° 58′ 15″ N, 4° 35′ 32″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.970800; -4.592200. Object location55° 58′ 15″ N, 4° 35′ 32″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 55.970800; -4.592200.