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Calycina citrina (Yellow fairy cups)

Calycina citrina. Photo: (c) Gitte Langgaard Jensen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Bisporella citrina, commonly known as yellow fairy cups or lemon discos, is a species of fungus in the family Helotiaceae. The fungus produces tiny yellow cups up to 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter, often without stalks, that fruit in groups or dense clusters on decaying deciduous wood that has lost its bark. The widely distributed species is found in North Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Central and South America. Found in late summer and autumn, the…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
      - Class: Leotiomycetes
        Order: Helotiales
        Family: Pezizellaceae
        Genus: Calycina
        Species: Calycina citrina (Yellow fairy cups)

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