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Observation: Urnula craterium (Schweinitz) Fries (7264)

When: 2008-04-07
Collection location: McFarland Hollow, Jackson Co., AL, USA [Search]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: These photos (and ID) are courtesy Alan Cressler (gave me permission to post ‘em here via flickr).

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Urnula craterium (Schweinitz) Fries   pellaea    (1)   EyeEyes
Used references: looks like photos at mushroomexpert.com

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Created: 2008-04-10 15:21:15
By: debbie viess (amanitarita)
Summary: nice find, and a fungal harbinger of spring!

I have never seen this one in the gelatinous flesh, since it doesn’t occur out here in the West. Very nice photos of a very cool asco. Any asco gets me excited these days since they are harbingers of everybodies favorite asco…the morel!
Fun treatment of this “black tulip fungus” by Tom Volk:

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/...

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Observation created: Wed Apr 09 18:15:37 -0700 2008
Last modified: Wed Apr 09 18:15:37 -0700 2008
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