Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales Family: Onygenaceae
Species: Onygena equina (Willd.) Pers.
Synonyms: Lycoperdon equinum
Pengrwn Cyrn
Common Name: Horn Stalkball


British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened
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Onygena equinaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Sheep's horn
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ovis domestic (5)
Capra hircus (2)
Ovis (1)
Capra (1)
Ovis aries (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland (2)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Mire: blanket bog (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Horn (10)
Dead Wood (1)
Sheep Horn (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
April (5)
September (3)
October (5)
November (4)