Neottiella rutilans

Neottiella rutilans is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.[1] This European species appears in autumn as bright yellowish-orange discs among Polytrichum and related mosses.[2]

Neottiella rutilans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Pyronemataceae
Genus:
Neottiella
Species:
N. rutilans
Binomial name
Neottiella rutilans
Fr., 1822

Description

This cup fungus has a shallow, somewhat uneven cup and a short stem. The upper surface is yellow, often tinged with reddish-orange, and the underside is covered by a dense felting of white hairs.[3]

Ecology

This fungus tends to grow among mosses, particularly Polytrichum species, on sandy soils on heaths and drier moorland, appearing in the autumn and winter.[3] Like other cup fungi, the upper surface is the spore-producing surface and as it faces upwards, the spores cannot fall out. Instead, the spores are ejected when the fungus is disturbed; if the cup is given a sharp tap when it is mature, a cloud of spores rises in a thin mist.[4]

References
  1. Akata, Ilgaz; Kaya, Abdullah (2013-01-01). "Three pyronemataceous macrofungi genera new to Turkish Mycota". Turkish Journal of Botany. 37: 977–980. doi:10.3906/bot-1206-30.
  2. Phillips, Roger; Reid, Derek A. (2013-09-12). Mushrooms: A comprehensive guide to mushroom identification. London. p. 367. ISBN 9781447264026. OCLC 970603318.
  3. Brightman, F.H.; Nicholson, B.E. (1974). The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants. Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-19-910004-7.
  4. Brightman, F.H.; Nicholson, B.E. (1974). The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants. Oxford University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-19-910004-7.


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