Field Bird's Nest Fungus
Cyathus olla
Summary 2
Spores: found inside the peridioles (eggs)
Found in the ranch yard often in wood chips
Cyathus olla is a species of saprobic fungus in the genus Cyathus, family Nidulariaceae. The fruit bodies resemble tiny bird's nests filled with "eggs" – spore-containing structures called peridioles. Like other bird's nest fungi, C. olla relies on the force of falling water to dislodge peridioles from fruiting bodies to eject and disperse their spores. The life cycle of this fungus allows it to reproduce both sexually, with meiosis, and asexually via spores.
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- (c) Leslie Flint, todos os direitos reservados, enviado por Leslie Flint
- Adaptado por Leslie Flint de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathus_olla
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