Hi everyone, Found some small cup fungi yesterday.. not sure what it is.. but trust you guys might have an idea.. Growing below Cedar forests.. the ground seemed to be black (forest fire few years back) and they are not bigger than 4mm in diameter. Thanks Alok
Re: himalayan Cup fungi? Hi everyone.... What should I look for observation in this fungi the next time I go for the mushroom hunt??
Greetings Alok, Macroscopic characters I note when looking at cup fungi include: - quality of the cup "rim", such as smooth, serrated, scalloped. - any qualities of the inner & exterior surfaces, such as smooth, bumpy, colour, contrasting colour, pruinose (floury bloom) - stem or no stem - habitat, particularly whether it is on a burn site or not, but also whether on soil, on fresh to well-rotted wood, on buried wood, on dung, etc. - smell, eg. Geopyxis characteristic burned smell But for a more complete list, I suggest reviewing a Key to cup fungi, any region, noting any commonly referenced characters for this group. I've not spent much time working on cup fungi identifications, but I suspect you would need microscopy to get some of them to species. Hope that is helpful, cheers, frog
Hi Everyone, Ugh..!! After spending the whole day I couldn't find any trace of this fungi that I found last saturday... Maybe its too dry and they disappeared faster instead I found this.... (Attachment) But on the basis of my Photos and the study of the area where it was growing I think it could be Tarzetta cupularis/catinus Ref: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/tarzetta_cupularis.html http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Tarzetta_cupularis.htm http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6833.asp The ground around the growing area seemed to be burned in a previous forest fire, The forests are predominantly Coniferous and as seen in the earlier photo it is growing on the ground where there is moss growth too. The size as I had seen earlier was not bigger than 4-5mm at that time.. the shape was cup like with a very small stump for root the edges of the cup were irregular and the color was creamish-yellow Alok
Hi friends, Went foraying in the woods again and although I had no hope but luck favoured me and I found the cup fungi again.. (this time got the photograph through a magnifying glass) and as you can see a much clearer picture.. Also analyzed the cup on site and found that the cups brim is kind of toothed.. the ground this time did not seem burnt (it was a different place) but was under the conifer forests on mossy patches.. size was 7mm and although I am no expert but I'd bet my money that this is a 'tarzetta' and almost convinced that it is 'cupularis' (since it is so small) or a variation of that.. If anyone has any further knowledge about this.. please let me know.. :) Thanks for bearing up and I AM learning a lot with you guys.. Alok
Your Tarzetta identification makes sense to me: If I saw that in my region, I would guess Tarzetta cupularis. Again, I'm hesitating because I don't feel I know enough about cup fungi or the Himalayas - I'm hoping someone else will weigh in on this. Do please keep sending photos of these interesting things you are finding! frog
Thanks for your kind support Frog in fact that has been one of my reasons for constantly posting on this forum... You're a great help :) Alok PS: there's another query coming up (besides lycoperdon).. I hope you'd be able to help me on that too.. :)
