Cheilymenia granulata

Cheilymenia granulata
Cheilymenia granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Cheilymenia
Species: C. granulata
Binomial name
Cheilymenia granulata
Bull., 1790
Synonyms

Coprobia granulata, Ascophanus granulatus

Cheilymenia granulata is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.

This is a very common European species appearing throughout the year (most commonly in summer and autumn) as tiny orange-red discs up to 2 mm in diameter, thickly clustered on dung, usually from cows.

Many publications place this species in a separate genus, Coprobia.

References

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