British Ascomycetes: 45. 1981. Photo: On cow dung (the small
brownish cups are Ascobolus) Common Name: none Synonym:
Cheilymenia coprinaria (Cke.) Boudier (Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 1:
105. 1885.) Apothecia sessile, cylindrical to cushion-shaped,
becoming shallowly cupulate to saucer-shaped, 1.0-4.0 (5) mm
broad; margin upturned, even to wavy, with pale-tan, bristle-
like hairs; hymenium red-orange to yellowish-orange, glabrous,
plane to concave; exterior surface lighter than the disc, with
scattered, pallid, stiff hairs; context fleshy, thin, orange;
odor and taste not investigated. Spores 16-19 x 10.0-12.5 µm,
ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, lacking oil droplets;
asci eight-spored, uniseriate, the tips inamyloid; paraphysis
slender, slightly clavate. Scattered, gregarious, to clustered
on dung, primarily cow, but also horse and other herborvores;
fruiting year-round when moisture is available; common, but
seldom collected. Edibility unknown; insignificant. Like many
dung fungi, Cheilymenia fimicola and a