Melastiza cornubiensis

Melastiza cornubiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Melastiza
Species:	M. cornubiensis
Binomial name
Melastiza cornubiensis Berk. & Broome, 1854

Melastiza cornubiensis is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae.

This is a European species appearing from spring to autumn as bright orange-red disks clustered on sandy and gravelly soils.

References

• Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0. 
• Melastiza cornubiensis at Species Fungorum