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Layered Cup

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The Layered Cup is a fun, cup-shaped fungus that can be found in many forests! It grows in layers, creating a unique and colorful display on the forest floor.

Lebensraum: Forests, especially in moist areas with decaying plant material.

Aussehen

The Layered Cup is a cup-shaped fungus, often growing in clusters. Its inner surface is smooth and typically light brown or yellowish-brown, while the outer surface is paler and covered in small, warty bumps, sometimes with a wavy margin.

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Layered Cup

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

If you blow gently on it, you might see a tiny puff of spores!

Its cup shape helps collect dew, which it uses to help release spores!

The 'layers' in its name come from its often wavy, wrinkled edges!

This fungus is like a tiny hidden umbrella, but it's not for rain!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Layered Cup can break down dead wood and plant material, returning essential nutrients to the soil for other plants to use.

Layered Cup can forcefully release its microscopic spores into the air, helping it spread far and wide to new places.

Layered Cup has the ability to grow in many different places, from forests to gardens, helping it find new homes easily.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 1-3 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 2-10 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Frühling bis Herbst
Sporenfarbe: White

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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English Oak

Quercus robur

It helps decompose fallen branches and dead wood from this tree.

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European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

It breaks down dead wood and organic matter from this tree.

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Norway Spruce

Picea abies

Its growth relies on decomposing dead wood from conifers like this.

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Wald

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