Cyathus striatus – Fluted Bird’s Nest
Crouching down very low to the ground in search of one of the first morels of the season, I was pleasantly surprised instead to see Cyathus striatus or the Fluted Bird’s Nest fungi.
Although I had admired many photos of this fungi, I had no idea how very tiny they could be with each nest pictured here being not much bigger than an eraser on the end of a pencil. The mushroom primarily grows on wood as seen above, or on wood chips as seen in the photo taken and featured here by Crystal McAllister the founder and creator of this blog: https://fungalindupagecounty.wordpress.com/?s=Bird%27s+Nest As seen in Crystal’s photo the mushroom often grows in clusters. There are other varieties of Bird’s Nest Fungus including the more common Smooth Bird’s Nest or Crucibulum laeve .
Contributed by Moira OKeefe
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