🇺🇸 Catkin cup - 🇩🇪 Erlenkätzchen-Becherling - 🇪🇪 Lepa-urvaliudik - 🇷🇺 Цибория сережчатая 3/6/18—3/7/26
🆔 Ciboria amentacea (Balb.) Fuckel
ℹ️ Hymenium: Cup-shaped, often irregular, with a smooth or finely wrinkled inner surface. Typically orange to reddish-brown in color
ℹ️ Cap: Cup-shaped, with a smooth or finely hairy surface. Colors vary from orange to brown
ℹ️ Hymenium Attachment: Not applicable, as this species forms cup-shaped fruiting bodies
ℹ️ Stipe: Absent or rudimentary, not distinct from the cap
⚪ Spore print white
🌰🍂 Saprobic, commonly found on catkins (amenta) of various deciduous trees, particularly alders
😣 Not typically considered edible
📏 Cup diameter ranges from 0.5-2 cm
🔬 Spores are elliptical to oblong, smooth, 7-10 x 4-6 µm
👃 Not distinctive
🔤 Characterized by its small cup-shaped fruiting bodies, often found on alder catkins in early spring. The cups may vary in color from orange to reddish-brown, and they contribute to the decomposition of organic matter
🇺🇸 Catkin cup - 🇩🇪 Erlenkätzchen-Becherling - 🇪🇪 Lepa-urvaliudik - 🇷🇺 Цибория сережчатая