Kingdom Fungi Class Pezizomycetes Family Pyronemataceae Scientific name Cheilymenia granulata | Phylum Ascomycota Order Pezizales Genus Cheilymenia Rank Species | |
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Similar Cheilymenia, Cheilymenia stercorea, Ascodesmidaceae, Ascobolus denudatus, Pseudaleuria | ||
Cheilymenia granulata fungi kingdom
Cheilymenia granulata is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.
This is a very common European species appearing throughout the year (most commonly in summer and autumn) as tiny orange-red discs up to 2 mm in diameter, thickly clustered on dung, usually from cows.
Many publications place this species in a separate genus, Coprobia.
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