Family: Helotiaceae

Scientific name: Bisporella citrina

Common Name: Yellow fairy cups

Distribution: Cosmopolitan species

General Information: Yellow, small flattened discs approximately 3mm in diameter. This fungi is an ascomycete that is saprobic. Often seen in colonies on dead wood.

Specimen: 18.06.10 Located on wet, rotting wood, temperate/mixed rainforest, Franklin, Tasmania.

Source: Fuhrer, B 2005, A Field Guide To Australian Fungi, Bloomings Books, Melbourne.

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