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Splash-cup bird's nest fungi
2 species
Bird's nest fungi with vase- to trumpet-shaped cups whose peridioles are splashed out by raindrops. Many species produce bioactive compounds such as cyathane diterpenoids.
Fruit body: a cup 4-8 mm wide and 7-18 mm tall, hairy outside, smooth or grooved inside. Peridium: three-layered. Peridioles: usually dark, attached by a funiculus. Ecology: saprobic on wood, debris, dung and rich soil.
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