Curled Cudonia (Cudonia circinans)
- Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Subdivision: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
- Class: Leotiomycetes (Leociomycetes)
- Subclass: Leotiomycetidae (Leocyomycetes)
- Order: Rhytismatales (Rhythmic)
- Family: Cudoniaceae (Cudoniaceae)
- Genus: Cudonia (Cudonia)
- Type: Cudonia circinans (Cudonia twisted)
Description:
Hat up to 1-2 cm in diameter, hemispherical, uneven, tuberculate-wavy, with an edge turned down, dry on top, slightly sticky in wet weather, dull, yellow-brown, light brownish, beige, leathery, reddish, creamy-whitish , pinkish brownish, reddish brownish, sometimes with dark reddish brown spots. Uneven, rough at the bottom, wrinkled closer to the stem, matte, creamy
Stalk 3-5 (8) cm long and about 0,2 cm in diameter, widened at the top, longitudinally pitted, wrinkles continue from the underside of the cap, often flattened, curved, hollow inside, one-colored with a cap or lighter than it, brownish, pinkish-brown , darker below with a pale-yellow fine-grained patina.
The pulp is thick, loose in the cap, thin, fibrous in the stem, whitish, odorless
Distribution:
Lives from mid-July to mid-September (mass in late August – early September), in coniferous forests (with spruce), on litter, in moss, in crowded groups, in circles, not uncommon.