minute fungus on decaying grass – craterium minutum Home › Forums › HELP WITH ID’s › minute fungus on decaying grass – craterium minutum Tagged: Craterium minutum This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John R. Viewing 4 reply threads Author Posts May 20, 2015 at 1:28 pm #1674 JillParticipant Inside a pile of cut meadow grass. Lines of minute, stalked, lidded, pale tan cups, 0.5mm growing along several grass stems/leaves. Any idea what they are? Jill May 20, 2015 at 2:32 pm #1675 JillParticipant Yo, I’ve got it – craterium minutum – seemed to hard for a slime mould, but it definately matches, jill May 20, 2015 at 7:45 pm #1676 John RKeymaster Hi Jill Plase could you keep a dried sample for me (if it’s not too late) and I will collect it from you at the next foray you are attending? Kind regards, John June 7, 2015 at 1:47 pm #1762 JillParticipant Apologies for late reply, been away, but I do have a sample and hopefully see you on the 4th july, jill July 5, 2015 at 6:44 pm #1781 John RKeymaster Sporangia. Approx 0.5 mm high. Capillitium x 400 Spores x 1000 Ref: http://slimemold.uark.edu/images/pictures/martin/228crateriumminutum.jpg Author Posts Viewing 4 reply threads You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In