Urnula craterium

Devil's Urn

A deep, leathery, urn-shaped black cup on a short stalk that appears on fallen hardwood sticks in early spring. The outer surface is brownish and felty, and the inner surface is black. It is also a canker pathogen of oaks in its asexual stage.

Species profile

Edibility

Not edible

Inedible: tough and leathery.

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Habitat

On fallen or buried hardwood sticks and branches, especially oak; often one of the first fungi to appear in early spring.

Distribution

Eastern North America; also recorded in Europe (e.g. Czech Republic, Finland, Spain), Japan and China.

Characteristics

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