Speckled Horse-manure Fungus
(Nail Fungus)
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass.
Fruit-body nail- to top-shaped or flattened bowl-shaped, Ø 0.5-1.5 cm. Inner surface whitish to creamy yellow, dotted black. Outer surface whitish, with grey margin, perithecia clustered rooting deeply in the substrate.
Stem long, black.
Occurrence
On horse manure.
Saprophyte.
Status
Endangered (Red Data List, ed. 1)
Related and/or similar species
- Poronia erici on rabbit and hare droppings.