Cyathus striatus

Fluted Bird's Nest

A common bird's nest fungus of dead wood and wood-chip mulch, with a hairy brown outer wall and a shiny, vertically grooved inner wall. Its peridioles are thrown out by raindrops and stick to nearby vegetation by an adhesive cord. It is a source of several antibiotic compounds.

Species profile

Edibility

Not edible

Inedible.

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Habitat

Saprobic in clusters on dead wood, twigs and other woody debris in open forests, and on wood-chip mulch in urban areas; prefers moist, shallow depressions; summer to early winter.

Distribution

Widespread in temperate regions: Asia, Europe, North America, Central and South America, and New Zealand.

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Characteristics

Fruit body: a vase-shaped or inverted-cone cup 7-10 mm tall (up to 1.5 cm) and 6-8 mm wide; outer surface shaggy-hairy, grayish buff to deep brown; inner surface shiny and conspicuously grooved (striate); young cups closed by a whitish membrane that wears away. Peridioles: about 1-1.5 mm across, attached by a funiculus. Spores: 15-20 x 8-12 um, elliptical, smooth (Wikipedia).