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Cyathus olla (Field bird’s nest fungus)

Cyathus olla. Photo: (c) Pepijn Kooij, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cyathus olla is a species of saprobic fungus in the genus Cyathus, family Nidulariaceae. The fruit bodies resemble tiny bird’s nests filled with “eggs” – spore-containing structures called peridioles. Like other bird’s nest fungi, C. olla relies on the force of falling water to dislodge peridioles from fruiting bodies to eject and disperse their spores. The life cycle of this fungus allows it to reproduce both sexually, with meiosis, and asexually via spores. C. olla is a relatively…

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