Cheilymenia granulata

Cheilymenia granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Cheilymenia
Species:	C. granulata
Binomial name
Cheilymenia granulata Bull., 1790
Synonyms
Coprobia granulata

Cheilymenia granulata is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.

This is a very common European species appearing throughout the year (most commonly in summer and autumn) as tiny orange-red discs up to 2 mm in diameter, thickly clustered on dung, usually from cows.

Many publications place this species in a separate genus, Coprobia.

References

• Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0. 
• Buczacki, Stefan (1992). Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins. p. 221. ISBN 0-00-219978-5. 
• Cheilymenia granulata at Species Fungorum