BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Calycina herbarum (Pers.) Gray, 1821 (a discomycete)
| Notes (MWS) | A very common small ivory white discomycete drying yellow ochre which grows on dead stems, especially *Urtica*. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Calycina herbarum | Fruitbody | 25 September 2000 | Berks | England | 5 | 7 |
Suggested Literature
Calycina herbarum may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Calycina herbarum is associated with:
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apothecium | Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica (Apiaceae) | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
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apothecium | Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed (Apiaceae) | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
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apothecium | Arctium - burdocks (Asteraceae) | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
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apothecium | Ballota nigra - Black Horehound (Lamiaceae) | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
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apothecium | Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | 
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
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apothecium | Herbaceous Plants | gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 |
Associated with Calycina herbarum:
Calycina herbarum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
