Scutellinia subhirtella is a species of fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. It was described as new to science in 1971 by the Czech mycologist Mirko Svrček from specimens collected in the former Czechoslovakia. The yellowish-red to red fruitbodies grow in damp locations or wetlands on bare soil or mossy ground, as well as on rotting wood.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Scutellinia subhirtella being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scutellinia pennsylvanica
- Scutellinia olivascens
- Scutellinia umbrorum
- Scutellinia trechispora
- Scutellinia colensoi
- Scutellinia nigrohirtula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pyronemataceae
- Genus
- Scutellinia
- Species
- Scutellinia subhirtella
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