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#FungiFriday: the rain has caused a proliferation of bird's nest fungi (family Nidulariaceae) in the garden! Raindrops splashing into the cups disperses the lentil-shaped packets of spores. Earlier stages, before the cups develop, resemble toasted marshmallows. PBS Deep Look has a great video about them: https://youtu.be/_EBipTLgPUw

#sporespondence #fungi #ShroomScrolling?

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A cluster of three little brown cups growing on black wooden mulch (which I kind of hate but I didn't pick it). Two have several flat, round, pale egg-like structures in them.

Close-up of another cup with five "eggs" in it. There are small orange growths near the base of the cup which are early stages of the fruiting body.

Growing bird's nest fungi fruiting bodies on mulch amid fallen honey locust leaves. The larger one looks like the top of a toasted marshmallow, brown crackled with white. The smaller is orangey all over and rough-textured.

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