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Bulgaria inquinans

 
Bulgaria inquinans, sometimes referred to as the Black Bulgar or Rubber Buttons, grows in groups on felled oak trunks and fallen branches. It is a winter fungus, sometimes persisting through to March.

Identification guide

Description

Flat-topped at first but becoming slightly cup shaped, Bulgaria inquinans is easily overlooked because it is almost black. The fertile surface is shiny, and the sides (the outsides of the cup) are felty and dark brown.

The flesh of the fruit body is dark ochre-brown. It is soft and rubbery in wet weather but in dry conditions it becomes tougher and more like elastic.

Often growing in dense masses, the individual fruit bodies are between 0.5 and 4cm across and typically 1cm tall.

Spore print

Very dark brown, almost black.

Odour/taste

Not distinctive.

Habitat

On felled oak, chestnut and beech.

Season

October to February.

Occurrence

Frequent.

Similar species

  1. Neobulgaria pura is similar in shape and size but creamy white.
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