Disc, Cup,  Ear Fungi, and Lichens

​Most large fungi you see are basidiomycetes, whereas cup and disc fungi and some truffles are Ascomycetes that have different types of spores.

Disc fungi  form  tiny disc-shaped and pebbly fruiting structures can be seen on dead wood and litter or as a component of  lichens.
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Abortiporus sp. Decomposer in clumps of native grass. PF-N15

Disc fungus on wood

Disc fungus on dead grass tree stump

Poronia erici tiny trumpets on kangaroo dung

Cartilaginous cup and ear fungi are decomposers that appear in plant litter and mulch

Peziza vesiculosa PF A11

Peziza sp on woodchips

Peziza sp. in moist litter

Plectana campylospora

some ascomycetes eat other fungi
The yellow spores below are from a parasitic ascomycete Hypomyces chrysocephalus Bolete Destroyer  at the Narrogin arboretum.
The Coltricia honeycomb type bracket fungi is being overcome by white hyphae and ginger fluffy growth of a Trichoderma ascomycete

Coltricia bracket fungus being attacked by white/ginger Hypomyces

Hypomyces chrysoporus

Morchella species

​This single Morel (Morchella species) was found at Malyalling reserve in 2019. Very rare here