Fruiting bodies of dung bird's nest fungus (Cyathus stercoreus). Photographed in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, but this specime

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Fruiting bodies of dung bird's nest fungus (Cyathus stercoreus). Photographed in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, but this specimen was cultivated on Oat Agar and a mixture of sterilized manure and chopped straw. It is a rare species only found at one or two sites in the UK, on sand dunes and associated with marram grass and rabbit droppings. October.

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Size: 5100px × 3387px
Location: Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Fungi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bird, body, cyathus, dung, ecology, environment, fruiting, fungi, fungus, mycology, nature, nest, stercoreus