Aleuria rhenana
Aleuria rhenanaSimilar to the 'Orange Peel Fungus', Aleuria aurantia, this bright orange cup fungus develops a rudimentary stem and has slightly larger spores. It is also usually somewhat smaller than its stemless counterpart. Though probably widely distributed, Aleuria rhenana is uncommon, and is found in the Western United States under conifers in the autumn and winter as well as in Japan, and, obviously from the photos below, in Australia.
The edibility of Aleuria rhenana is not known.
Description:
Ecology: Saprobic, growing gregariously or in clusters on the ground
Fruiting Body: Cup-shaped; 1-2 cm across; bright orange to yellowish orange above; undersurface often whitish-fuzzy, at least when young, but often orange and more or less smooth; with a rudimentary stem 1-3 cm long and up to .5 cm wide, attached to a prominent mass of whitish mycelial material. Odor none. Flesh orangish; brittle.
Microscopic Features: Spores 20-23 x 11-13 µ; becoming warted and reticulate by maturity; elliptical. Asci eight-spored; up to 350 x 17 µ. Paraphyses with swollen ends, with yellowish to orangish contents in a KOH mount.
Aleuria rhenana
- Aleuria rhenana, stalked orange peel fungus, small stalked orange cups, (McCann 115) Carey's Peak walk, near the top of
Aleuria rhenana
- Aleuria rhenana, stalked orange peel fungus, small stalked orange cups, (McCann 115) Carey's Peak walk, near the top of
Aleuria rhenana
- Aleuria rhenana on wood, Rocky Crossing Walk, Barrington National Park, February 2013
