Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Crucibulum laeve (Huds.) Kambly
Synonyms: Crucibulum vulgare
Cyathus crucibuliformis
Cyathus crucibulum
Cyathus scutellaris
Nidularia crucibulum
Nidularia laevis
Peziza crucibuliformis
Peziza laevis
Peziza lentifera
Common Name: Common Bird's Nest


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Crucibulum laevePhotographer: © David Mitchel
On wood chips
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pteridium aquilinum (1)
Ammophila arenaria (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Stem (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (5)
August (1)