devil's urn

Urnula craterium

Summary 2

Urnula craterium is a species of cup fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae. It is parasitic on oak and various other hardwood species; it is also saprobic, as the fruit bodies develop on dead wood after it has fallen to the ground. Appearing in early spring, its distinctive goblet-shaped and dark-colored fruit bodies have earned it the common names devil's urn and the gray urn. The distribution of U. craterium includes eastern North America, Europe, and Asia. It.

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  1. (c) Anthony Zukoff, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/24507538@N00/6998151369
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urnula_craterium

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