DSC_2629 Common bird's nest fungus (Crucibulum laeve) small flared smooth yellow-brown cup containing whitish, flattened 'flying saucer' spore masses (the 'eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the spore masses out onto the surrounding vegetation. Leith Saddle *
DSC_2642 Common bird's nest fungus (Crucibulum laeve) small flared smooth yellow-brown cup containing whitish, flattened 'flying saucer' spore masses (the 'eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the spore masses out onto the surrounding vegetation. Leith Saddle *
DSC_0406 Fluted bird's nest fungus (Cyathus striatus) flared cup, brownish-white, smooth and fluted on the inside. The outer surface is shaggy with brown hairs or scales. Cups containing light to dark grey, disc shaped spore masses (the 'eggs' or peridioles). This group of fungi have a specialised method of spore dispersal. A droplet of water falls into the cup and splashes the spore masses out onto the surrounding vegetation. Woodhaugh, Dunedin *
