Key Identification Features
- Cup-shaped ascomycete, 1–6 cm
- inner surface bright orange-yellow
- outer surface pale with distinctive blue-green staining especially toward base
- appears at snowmelt in spring
- grows on buried conifer debris
- the blue-green staining on outside is diagnostic
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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