Hi everybody,

Some strange fungus has invaded my indoor plants (see attached). A few hours of googling did not bring me to a conclusive answer of what it might. be. I'm not even sure it's necessay to try to get rid of it.

Any information of the type of fungus it could be ?

It isn't any of the ones quoted on Tom Volk's page of fungi commonly occurring on potted plants he Tom Volk's Fungi (to find it, click Fungus of the Month, then near the top click the "Fungi growing on your mulch"). Leucocoprinus birnbaumii is the most common culprit, but not in your case.

It does rather remind me of a Peziza (Cup fungus), and indeed Peziza cerea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or Cellar Cup seems faintly possible, tends to grow on man-made piles of rubbish. (There are other kinds of cup fungi in the Pezizales group.)

But I have half a memory of there being something else that looks rather like that, but I'd have to hunt through my fungus books for it some other time.

fwiw, it is unlikely to be something you'd want to eat. It is probably contributing to the breakdown of the constituents of the compost, thus releasing the compounds that feed your plants.

Had a hunt through my books, and didn't find any better ideas.

"echinosum" wrote in message ...


echinosum;916554 Wrote:
But I have half a memory of there being something else that looks rather
like that, but I'd have to hunt through my fungus books for it some
other time.
Had a hunt through my books, and didn't find any better ideas.

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I never saw the post you're responding to (as so often happens to me,
probably because of a crappy excuse for a newsreader) - much less whatever
text you originally responded to.
I thought I saw some twiggy/woody debris in the photo, and color
reproduction being what is often is (not to mention having no scale), I just
guessed at Chlorosplenium. Its identity is mostly academic anyway...if the
soil's too wet it would need to be corrected foremost. Removing the woody
stuff from a soil would only ensure any "dead-wood-eaters" won't return.

I suggested Peziza cerea, though not with much certainty. Chlorospleniums seem to be green or greenish, and have a stem, so that didn't come to mind.