(Calycina citrina)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | not listed |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Yellow Fairy Cup Fungus is common and widespread. It is found in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In North America it is especially common in the eastern United States and the on west coast. It is saprobic, obtaining nutrients from rotting wood. It grows in dense clusters on dead and decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods and sometimes conifers. In Minnesota it can be seen from summer through fall. The fruiting body is a small, saucer-shaped cup with or without a tiny stalk. The cups are 1 ⁄32″ to ⅛″ (1 to 3 mm) in diameter and 1 ⁄32″ to 1 ⁄16″(1 to 2 mm) tall. The species epithet citrina means “lemon yellow” but the upper surface of the cups may be bright lemon yellow or bright orangish-yellow. The underside is the same color but may be paler. They are globular when they first appear, expanding to saucer-shaped or disc-shaped as they mature. The stalk, if present, is rarely more than 1 ⁄32″ (1 mm) long. The spore print is white. |
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Habitat and Hosts |
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Dead and decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods and conifers |
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Ecology |
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Season |
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Late summer and fall |
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Common and widespread |
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom | Fungi (fungi) | ||
Subkingdom | Dikarya | ||
Phylum | Ascomycota (sac fungi) | ||
Subphylum | Pezizomycotina | ||
Class | Leotiomycetes | ||
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Helotiales | ||
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Pezizellaceae | ||
Genus |
Calycina | ||
Synonyms |
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Bisporella citrina Helotium citrinum Octospora citrina Peziza citrina Batsch |
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This species was classified as Peziza citrina when it was first described in 1789. In 1885 it was transferred to the genus Calycella. For many decades it went under the names Calycella citrina or Helotium citrinum, depending on the preference of the author. In 1974 it was noted that Calycella was a synonym for Calycina, so Helotium citrinum was transferred to the genus Bisporella. Some time before 2008, all Calycella species were transferred to the genus Bisporella. In 2019, morphological and molecular analysis showed Bisporella citrina to be separate from the species of Bisporella, and it was transferred to the genus Calycina. |
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Common Names |
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Lemon Discos Minute Lemon Cups Yellow Fairy Cup Fungus Yellow Fairy Cups |
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Glossary
Saprobic
A term often used for saprotrophic fungi. Referring to fungi that obtain their nutrients from decayed organic matter.
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Voskovička citronová - Calycina citrina Jiří Laštůvka - Kudláček |
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Published on Jan 25, 2014 Voskovička citronová - Calycina citrina |
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Lemon Drop Fungi (Calycina citrina) on Log Carl Barrentine |
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About
Published on Sep 24, 2010 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (19 September 2010). Go here to learn more about this species: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=D77EkBCNYaE&redir_token=ZtLBt5DLyMdMEognkXTMC1wbOCh8MTUxMDA1NzEyOEAxNTA5OTcwNzI4&event=video_description&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mushroomexpert.com%2Fbisporella_citrina.html |
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Calycina citrina: Champimaginatis. English Text jean pierre Piétri |
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About
Published on Nov 23, 2010 Calycina citrina. Bisporelle jaune. Non comestible. |
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