Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Orbiliomycetes
Order: Orbiliales Family: Orbiliaceae
Species: Orbilia xanthostigma (Fr.) Fr.
Synonyms: Calloria xanthostigma
Orbilia leucostigma var. xanthostigma
Peziza xanthostigma
Common Name: Common Glasscup


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Orbilia xanthostigmaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (5)
Picea (3)
Quercus (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Quercus petraea (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Picea abies (1)
Hypoxylon rubiginosum (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Larix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Built-up areas (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Log (5)
Wood (5)
Bark (3)
Branch (3)
Rotting Wood (2)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Stump (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
May (1)
June (4)
July (2)
August (4)
September (10)
October (11)
December (1)