Cheilymenia stercorea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pyronemataceae
- Genus
- Cheilymenia
- Species
- Cheilymenia stercorea
- Scientific Name
- Cheilymenia stercorea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cheilymenia stercorea
Cheilymenia stercorea is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.
Specimens appear as orange-red discs up to 3 mm in diameter, clustered on dung, usually from cows. The spores are elliptical and measure 14–18 by 8–10 μm, while the asci are 175–220 by 9–12 μm.
It is found in Europe and North America.
...Cheilymenia stercorea in languages:
- Bokmål
- stjernegulløye
- Czech
- žlutěnka hnojní
- Swedish
- stjärnborstskål
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cheilymenia aurantiacorubra
- Cheilymenia chionophila
- Cheilymenia ciliata
- Cheilymenia coprinaria
- Cheilymenia crucipila
- Cheilymenia fimicola
- Cheilymenia granulata
- Cheilymenia magnipila
- Cheilymenia pallida
- Cheilymenia pulcherrima
- Cheilymenia raripila
- Cheilymenia rubra
- Cheilymenia sclerotiorum
- Cheilymenia stercorea
- Cheilymenia theleboloides
- Cheilymenia vitellina






























































