Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Helotiaceae
Species: Bisporella citrina (Batsch) Korf & S.E. Carp.
Synonyms: Calycella citrina
Calycella claroflava
Calycella flava
Helotium citrinum
Helotium claroflavum
Peziza claroflava
Common Name: Lemon Disco
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Bisporella citrinaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (12)
Corylus avellana (7)
Alnus glutinosa (3)
Betula pubescens (3)
Quercus (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Alnus incana (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (16)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Wet valley alderwoods (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (15)
Fallen Branch (11)
Decorticated Wood (5)
Dead Wood (3)
Fallen Twig (3)
Wood (3)
Bark (1)
Cut Trunk (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Root (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (4)
February (2)
April (1)
August (2)
September (13)
October (30)
November (8)
December (4)