Stictis stellata
The orange-brown or yellowish discs are embedded in the substrate, with a star-shaped lobes opening out on the surface of the host plant. The margins are white and mealy.
Photograph on the host plant; note substrate and associated plant species
A wide range of hosts, including herbaceous plants such as Great Willowherb, Wild Angelica, Japanese Knotweed, Common Nettle and Hemp-agrimony; also bark, needles, etc..
They fruit from autumn to spring.
Peter Thompson
Lucas' Marsh
13 April 2014
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Ostropales
- Family:
- Stictidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 28/09/2013 (Thompson, Peter)
- Last record:
- 13/04/2014 (Thompson, Peter)
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