Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Hyaloscyphaceae
Species: Lachnum apalum (Berk. & Broome) Nannf.
Synonyms: Dasyscyphus apalus
Erinella apala
Erinella juncicola
Peziza apala
Common Name: Rush Disco
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Lachnum apalumPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Juncus effusus (4)
Juncus inflexus (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Boundaries: defunct hedge (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Litter (2)
Stem (2)
Fallen Stem (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (3)
November (1)
December (3)