23/May/2026, 3:02 PM
Juminda Peninsula, Harju, Eesti
Mixed forest, on spruce stump, within decayed wood pulp
59°38'46.9"N 25°30'26.1"E
🌡️ 21°C ☀️ Sunny 💨 Wind 270° W->E, 41 km/h
Original Instagram postDiscina ancilis
pig's ears
- Scientific identification
- Discina ancilis (Pers.) Sacc.
- Family
- Discinaceae
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Genus
- Discina
Names across languages
- English: pig's ears
- German: Scheiben-Lorchel
- Finnish: Laakakorvasieni
- Estonian: Ketas-kogritsliudik
- Russian: Дисцина щитовидная
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-05-23.
Hymenium
Smooth to slightly wrinkled fertile surface lining the upper side of the apothecium; reddish-chestnut-dark-brown
Apothecium
Irregularly cup-, ear- or saddle-shaped, often lobed and folded; margin wavy or contorted; outer surface paler, finely tomentose to smooth
Hymenium Attachment
Apothecial, fertile surface exposed on the upper inner folds
Stipe
Short, thick, ribbed or folded, often partially buried, whitish to pale brown
Spore print
Spore print white to pale cream
Ecology
Saprobic on decaying conifer wood, buried timber, wood debris, after snowy winter, spring to early summer
Edibility
Uncertain to mildly toxic; sometimes consumed after thorough cooking, gyromitrin-related toxins
Fruit body
Fruit body medium to large
Dimensions
Apothecium ∅ ~3–10 cm
Flesh
Fragile, fleshy to brittle, unchanging when cut
Odour
Mild to faintly earthy
Taste
Indistinct
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid to fusiform, smooth, hyaline, ~30–38 × 12–15 µm with oil droplets and apiculi; asci cylindrical, 8-spored; paraphyses slender, septate, slightly enlarged apically
Overview
Spring-fruiting brown cup fungus with irregular folded saddle-like apothecia
1889). Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 8: 103.
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