Eyelash Cup Scutellinia scutellata (Linnaeus) Lambotte    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Ascomycota   >   Class Pezizomycetes   >   Order Pezizales   >   Family Pyronemataceae   >   Genus Scutellinia   

Status:

Generally found in groups on well-rotted wood, usually in humid locations.

Description:

Fruiting body: Up to about 0.5"; shallow cup without a stem; margin ringed with long dark hairs. Fertile (top) surface scarlet to bright orange, smooth; sterile (lower) surface pale orange to brownish covered with scattered short, dark hairs. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

There are 113 records in the project database.

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Eyelash Cup in Howard Co., Maryland (10/16/2013). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup at Andelot Farm in Kent Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Gary Van Velsir. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup fruiting on the sawed end of a conifer log in Wicomico Co., Maryland (10/20/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

An Eyelash Cup in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/9/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup (Scutellinia scutellata) found during the Chino Farms BioBlitz (4/27/2013). Identified by Lance Biechele. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2017). (c) peggyo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by peggyo via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup (Scutellinia scutellata) in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/18/2013). Verified by Lance Biechele. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/6/2019). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Howard Co., Maryland (8/26/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/4/2015). Photo by Jessica Morgan. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Howard Co., Maryland (8/26/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup (sterile surface) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/26/2015). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup growing in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/13/2018). Determined by Jo Solem. Photo by Anne Looker. (MBP list)

Spores of Eyelash Cup in Howard Co., Maryland (8/26/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from an Eyelash Cup specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/26/2015). Elliptical, roughened, filled w/ oil drops, hyaline; measured 21.2-21.8 x 12.7-13.1 microns. (Darkness of spores here is an artifact of the photograph.) Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Eyelash Cup in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/2/2016). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)


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