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Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni, 1888 (Dung Bird's Nest)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Vulnerable
2007 (Draft) Red Data List NT

Suggested Literature

Cyathus stercoreus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
NIDULARIACEAE
(bird's nest fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cyathus stercoreus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Oryctolagus cuniculus - Rabbit (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in dunes]
Photos fruitbody Ammophila arenaria - Marram, Marram Grass (Poaceae) fruitbody is associated with plant UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in dunes]

Associated with Cyathus stercoreus:

Cyathus stercoreus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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