Snowy Disco - Lachnum virgineum
Small white, long-stemmed cups with smooth inner surface and dense cylindrical hairs on the margins and exterior, which are quite long in proportion to the cup.
A large and difficult genus - there are other white Lachnum species
Photograph on host plant; note substrate and associated plant species. We recommend that this is identifed by an expert, from a specimen, before submission to NatureSpot; microscopic examination may be needed
On dead wood and woody debris.
Barbara Cooper
Ulverscroft Nature Reserve
06 April 2017
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
Melinda Bell
Thringstone,Grace Dieu Woods
28 November 2024
finely hairy beneath
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Species profile
- Common names
- Snowy Disco
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Helotiales
- Family:
- Lachnaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 22
- First record:
- 02/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 19/02/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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