02/Oct/2026, 3:47 PM
J. Sütiste tee, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Urban city zone, kindergarden park, nearby Pines, deep in disturbed soil with conifer litter
59°23'58.6"N 24°41'38.0"E
🌡️ 12°C 🌫️ Fog 💨 Wind 170° S->N, 6 km/h
Original Instagram postSowerbyella imperialis
Imperial Sowerbyella
- Scientific identification
- Sowerbyella imperialis (Peck) Korf
- Family
- Pyronemataceae
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Genus
- Sowerbyella
Names across languages
- English: Imperial Sowerbyella
- German: Orangefarbener Wurzelbecherling
- Finnish: Kultajuurtomaljakas
- Estonian: Kuld-soverbiell
- Russian: Совербиелла имперская
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-10-02.
Hymenium
Smooth, bright sulphur-yellow to golden-yellow or yellow-orange, sometimes becoming slightly more orange when dry
Apothecium
Cup- to saucer-shaped, often irregular and split along one side; margin initially incurved, later wavy; outer surface concolorous to paler, finely pruinose-tomentose
Hymenium Attachment
Exposed on inner surface of the apothecium
Stipe
Distinct, short and relatively thick, often narrowed toward apex; yellow-orange to reddish-orange, finely felted, sometimes shallowly grooved or lacunose
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Terrestrial in coniferous and mixed forests, often among needle litter on calcareous soil; scattered to gregariously; late summer to autumn
Edibility
Inedible, no culinary value
Fruit body
Fruit body small to medium; stipe usually ~0.8–2 cm tall
Dimensions
Apothecium ∅ ~1–8 cm
Flesh
Yellowish to pale orange, thin, brittle, unchanging when cut
Chemical reactions
No macroscopic reagents reaction
Description
Paraphyses cylindrical to slightly clavate with yellow intracellular pigment
Microscopy
Ascospores ellipsoid, hyaline, usually biguttulate, ~11.5–14 × 6–7.5 µm, ornamented with low isolated warts; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, inamyloid
Overview
Bright golden-yellow stalked woodland cup with finely ornamented spores
1971). Phytologia 21(4): 206.
Field encounters
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