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Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup

lachnum virgineum

The Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup is a tiny mushroom that looks like a little cup with fuzzy edges! It often grows on decaying wood, helping to break it down and make the soil rich.

Lebensraum: They live in damp, shady areas of forests, usually on decaying wood.

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The Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup is a tiny, pure white fungus with a shallow cup-shaped cap and a slender stalk. Its most distinctive feature is the dense fringe of white hairs around the cup's margin, making it look quite fuzzy.

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Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

It often grows so close together, it looks like a carpet of tiny white cups!

Its scientific name means "woolly virgin," describing its white, fuzzy look!

Look closely, and you might spot what looks like a tiny eyelash growing on wood!

These fungi are so small, a single raindrop could fill many of their cups!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup has a hairy margin that helps it capture airborne moisture and potentially assist in spore dispersal.

Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup can break down dead wood because of specialized enzymes that help them recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Stalked Hairy Fairy Cup has a tiny size that allows it to colonize small pieces of decaying wood, exploiting niche environments.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 0.3-1 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 0.1-0.3 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Fall, winter, spring
Sporenfarbe: White

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Springtail

Folsomia candida

Tiny springtails graze on its fungal tissues.

depends on

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

It decomposes fallen branches of this tree.

eaten by

Mold Mite

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Microscopic mites may graze on its delicate tissues.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

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Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Wald

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