Ciboria caucus    (Rebent.) Fuckel 

common name(s) : Alder Goblet 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Leotiomycetes/Leotiomycetidae/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae  

synonyms: Ciboria amentacea 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Ciboria caucus toxicity of Ciboria caucus genus Ciboria  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, with a light brown internal surface, the external being light brown too, with a stalk rather than a stem, light brown, not well differentiated.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on male alder or willow catkins, on alder, willow.

The fruiting period takes place from February to June.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.8 cm (between 0.3 and 1 cm)
  total height approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Ciboria caucus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18