Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Phacidiales Family: Phacidiaceae
Species: Bulgaria inquinans (Pers.) Fr.
Synonyms: Batchelor's Buttons
Bulgaria polymorpha
Coryne turbinata
Cwpanau Duon
Lichen fungosus
Peziza inquinans
Peziza polymorpha
Peziza turbinata
Phaeobulgaria inquinans
Tremella turbinata
Common Name: Black Bulgar


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Bulgaria inquinansPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (29)
Quercus petraea (8)
Quercus robur (2)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Quercus ilex (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (5)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (13)
Dead Wood (7)
Wood (6)
Log (5)
Fallen Tree (4)
Fallen Branch (2)
Rotting Wood (2)
Tree (2)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
February (1)
March (3)
April (1)
May (3)
June (2)
July (1)
August (4)
September (14)
October (29)
November (11)
December (4)