Mollisia cinerea

common grey disco

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2024-10-26.

Smooth, forms the inner surface of the apothecium, gray to gray-brown, sometimes darkening with age or when moist

Disc- or cup-shaped, thin, often slightly depressed in the center, gray to grayish-brown, with a smooth or slightly roughened surface

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

absent

Spore print white (microscopic spore mass)

Saprobic, growing on decaying wood, plant debris, and sometimes on bark or fallen leaves, in damp, shaded areas, year-round

Inedible due to its small size and insubstantial flesh

Fruit body tiny

Cap 1–2.5 mm in diameter

Odour indistinct

Spores fusiform, 7-12 x 2.5-3 µm, with an oil drop at each end, asci cylindrical, 40-65 x 4-5.5µm, 8 spores per ascus

Tiny, inconspicuous grayish cup fungus appearing in dense clusters on decayed wood and plant debris

1871). Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 19: 189.

Laiaküla raba, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

Deciduous forest, on birch branch

59°28'00.9"N 24°53'22.3"E

🔆 Full overcast, forest shade