Eye-lash Fungus
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass.
Fruit-body saucer- to disc-shaped, Ø 0.5-1 cm. Inner surface orange-red to scarlet. Outer surface with brown-black hairs up to 2 mm long, protruding far over the dark margin, pale brown to dingy red-brown.
Occurrence
On damp, rotting wood, leaves, herbs and surrounding soil in damp (Alder and Willow) woods and grasslands. Spring to autumn.
Saprophyte.