Oak Pin - Cudoniella acicularis
The cup is small, being only 1 to 4 mm across, convex and with inrolled margin attached to substrate by a long slender stalk up to 10mm long, white ageing brownish.
Found on rotting wood especially oak.
Autumn to early winter.
Widespread in England and Wales, though not particularly common.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
07 November 2023
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods Nature reserve
22 October 2020
older ones go brown and spotty
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods Nature reserve
22 October 2020
tiny fruiting bodies
David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
11 November 2012
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
07 November 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oak Pin
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Helotiales
- Family:
- Helotiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 04/11/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 15/11/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 December 2013
David Nicholls
Cademan Wood
04 November 2012
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods Nature reserve
22 October 2020
David Nicholls
Cademan Wood
04 November 2012
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 December 2013
