Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Helotiaceae
Species: Bisporella citrina (Batsch) Korf & S.E. Carp.
Synonyms: Calycella citrina
Calycella flava
Helotium citrinum
Helotium flavum
Octospora citrina
Peziza citrina
Common Name: Lemon Disco


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Bisporella citrinaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (30)
Corylus avellana (13)
Quercus (4)
Fraxinus excelsior (4)
Alnus glutinosa (3)
Betula pubescens (3)
Acer pseudoplatanus (3)
Acer (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Alnus (1)
Betula (1)
Alnus incana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (24)
Woodland (12)
Woodland and scrub (10)
Parkland and scattered trees (6)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (6)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (5)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Wet valley alderwoods (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (29)
Wood (23)
Dead Wood (11)
Decorticated Wood (7)
Twig (5)
Fallen Branch (3)
Fallen Twig (3)
Log (3)
Dead Branch (2)
Fallen Wood (2)
Cut Trunk (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Root (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Stump (1)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (1)
March (1)
April (1)
June (1)
August (7)
September (26)
October (61)
November (13)
December (4)