Scutellinia scutellata    (L.) Lambotte 

common name(s) : Common Eyelash, Shield-shaped Elf Cup 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Pyronemataceae  

synonyms: Ciliaria scutellata 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lachnea scutellata, Humaria scutellata)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Scutellinia scutellata
photo gallery of Scutellinia scutellata potential confusions with Scutellinia scutellata toxicity of Scutellinia scutellata genus Scutellinia  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, shallow and convex, with black hairs at the margin, with a bright red-orange internal surface, the external surface being pale brown, very hairy.

The flesh is reddish, brittle; its taste is not distinctive; the odour is not distinctive.

The fertile surface is smooth. The spore print is white.

It grows on wood or on the ground, in marshlands, wet places, on rotten wood or damp ground, often amongst moss.

The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.7 cm (between 0.2 and 1 cm)

Chemical tests : asci tips not blued with Melzer's reagent.

Distinctive features : disc-chaped, red, regular, smaller than 1cm wide, with long hairs at the margin (up to 2mm long); in damp areas

Scutellinia scutellata is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Scutellinia scutellata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Scutellinia scutellata in the forest of Rambouillet



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