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urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2015-04-14 07:37 pm

280 days of Urbpandemonium #15

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These little yellow blobs are pictured here still in the process of forming. When they are finished they will resolve into tiny cups or discs. The mushroom Bisporella citrina can collectively be called lemon drops (or yellow fairy cups), and emerges from a fungus growing through bare (barkless) wood. They can appear year round, even wet winter days. Each cup bears thousands of ascii, sac-like cells each containing 8-14 sausage shaped spores. This species is easy to overlook, but is found throughout the northern hemisphere.
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