Cedar Cup - Geopora sumneriana
Description
4 to 7 cm in diameter spherical at first and growing below or flush with the surface but then pushing up and opening into a crown shaped cup, brown or greyish-brown densely covered in dark hairs on the outside and white or very pale yellow inside.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Nearly always under Cedar, occasionally Yew.
When to see it
March to May
Life History
Likely to be found in groups, sometimes pushing against one another.
UK Status
Uncommon in Britain with most records from south of a line from the Severn to the Humber.
VC55 Status
Uncommon and very local in Leicestershire & Rutland where it may be restricted to just a few sites.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015