Hymenoscyphus lutescens

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-09-22.

Smooth, exposed on the inner surface of the apothecium, pale yellow to cream in color

Cup-shaped to saucer-shaped, pale yellow to ochre, thin and fragile

N/A (Forms the interior surface of the cup)

Slender, cylindrical, translucent white to pale yellow

Spore print white

Saprobic, grows on decaying pine cones (Pinus sp.), in coniferous forests, in damp forest floors, late spring to early autumn

Inedible, too small and insignificant

Fruit body small, stipe 5–15 mm long, 0.5–1 mm thick

Cap 2–5 mm in diameter

Odour not distinct

Spores cylindrical to elliptical, smooth, 10–15 x 3–5 µm, hyaline, inamyloid, basidia 8-spored

Small cup fungus with delicate yellowish fruit bodies, specifically found growing on decaying pine cones in coniferous forests

1887). Man. Brit. Discomyc. (London): 131.

Laiaküla raba, Harjumaa, Estonia

Mixed forest, on pine (Pinus sylvestris) cone

59°28'00.1"N 24°53'22.7"E

🔆 Occasional sun with mild overcast, sunny spot