| Black Cup Fungi |
Hymenium | Exterior |
Interior/Flesh |
Spore Shape |
Habitat | Other |
Other/Key character(s) |
Other/Key character(s) |
| Bulgaria inquinans (non ROD) | Black, and shining | Black | Gelationus | Elliptical,kidney shaped 12-14 x 6-7 µm | on dead hardwood, usually oak | | acsi pore blue in melzers |
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| Pseudoplectania | | | | Globose | | Other | | |
| Plectania and Sarcosoma | | | | Elliptical | | | | |
| Plectania nannfeldtii (non ROD) | Black | Black w/ delicate tomentum | | Elliptical,eguttuate at maturity 22-30 x 10-14 µm | on wood | | Stipitate, tapering down | |
| Plectania melastoma | Black | Black w/ orange granules | | | On conifer litter | Granules turn violet in KOH | Granules turn violet in KOH | |
| Plectania milleri | Dark brown to purple brown, cup shape up to 4 cm | Black, hairy margin that splits, or cracks | | Elliptical, eguttuate 21-26 x 9-10 µm | On duff | | soil and debris adhere to bottom | Dark brown hyphe extending from ectal excipulum can be found medulary to margin |
| Sarcosoma mexicana | Black, up to 9cm wide | Wrinkled, black | Gelatinous, when cut | Ellipsoid, 23-34 x10-14 µm | on wood or soil |
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| Sarcosoma latahense | Purple black to black | Grayish to black | Non-gelatinous when cut, olive to white, white when drying | Capsule to Ellipsoid shape, 24-37 x 9-12 µm equttulate at maturity | Not on wood (typically), litter, soil | | | |