New Zealand Fungi

11008-12707 Common birdsnest (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. Omokoroa *

12707CommonbrownfieldbirdsnestfungusCrucibulumlaevesmoothyellowbrown cupflattenedflying saucerspore masseseggsperidiolesOmokoroa