Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Helotiaceae
Species: Hymenoscyphus fructigenus (Bull.) Gray
Synonyms: Helotium fructigenum
Helotium virgultorum var. fructigenum
Peziza fructigena
Common Name: Nut Disco


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Hymenoscyphus fructigenusPhotographer: © Debbie Nelson
On Beech mast
Photographer: © Debbie Nelson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (14)
Fagus sylvatica (10)
Quercus (4)
Alnus (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (9)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Cupule (16)
Nut (7)
Fruitbody (3)
Catkin Female (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Fruit (1)
Fruit, dead (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
July (1)
August (5)
September (9)
October (21)