13/Sep/24, 2:20 PM
Väike-Rõsna, Võrumaa, Estonia
Pine woodland, plants debris hedge, on dried stems
57°58'56.4"N 27°37'18.5"E
🔆 Sunny weather, full forest shade
Original Instagram postCrucibulum laeve
common bird's nest
- Scientific identification
- Crucibulum laeve (Huds.) Kambly
- Family
- Nidulariaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Crucibulum
Names across languages
- English: common bird's nest
- German: Gemeiner Tiegelteuerling
- Finnish: Leipäkorisieni
- Estonian: Külimitseen
- Russian: Бокальчик гладкий
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-09-13.
Hymenium
Internal, smooth, forms the inner surface of the peridium, pale to dark brown when mature
Cap
Cup-shaped peridium that is initially covered by a thin, yellowish to brown membrane; once the membrane breaks, inner surface reveals white to grey, lens-shaped peridioles resembling eggs inside nest
Hymenium Attachment
N/A (Hymenium forms the inner surface of the peridium)
Stipe
None
Spore print
Spore print white (peridioles contain microscopic spores)
Ecology
Saprobic, decomposing organic matter, found on dead wood, twigs, woody debris, and plant stems; grows in clusters in damp, shaded environments, summer to autumn
Edibility
Inedible, with no culinary value
Fruit body
Fruit body small, peridium (nest) 4–10 mm tall and 3–8 mm in diameter
Dimensions
Peridioles (eggs) to 2 mm wide
Odour
Odour none
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid, smooth, colorless, 6–8 x 3–4 µm, produced within the peridioles (1–2 mm wide)
Overview
Tiny, bird's nest-shaped fungus with small, white to gray peridioles that resemble eggs inside a nest
1936). Gast. Iowa: 167.
Field encounters
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