Fluted Bird's Nest - Cyathus striatus
The cups are conical with a fluted or striated inner surface and an outer surface covered in hairs. Initially the cup is covered by a lid. also hairy, which falls aways when the 'eggs' are ready to dsperse. The 'eggs' or peridioles are grey and flattened.
Other Bird's-nest fungi do not have a fluted inner surface to the cup.
Photograph in habitat, with detailed photos of inner and outer surface of cups, the peridioles ('eggs') and the cups closed by lids. Note habitat and substrate
Rotting wood, including woodchip mulch
May to November
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
de la Zouch
Staunton Harold Garden
22 September 2023
Open peridium
showing fluted sides and peridioles.
de la Zouch
Staunton Harold Garden
22 September 2023
Unopened cups with hairy exteriors
and white epiphragms.
Catherine Horrell
Staunton Harold
02 October 2022
Catherine Horrell
Staunton Harold
02 October 2022
de la Zouch
Staunton Harold Garden
22 September 2023
Unopened cups with side view of one.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Fluted Bird's Nest
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Agaricaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 02/10/2022 (Horrell, Catherine)
- Last record:
- 22/09/2023 (Horrell, Catherine)
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