Ascomycete Cup fungi (Pezizales or Heliotiales) on burned out Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens, Poaceae)
These are tiny Ascomycete Cup fungi in the Pezizales or Heliotiales order. The individual caps are tiny, only a couple of millimeters across. What they are is not so interesting as where they are - on a burned out plant of native Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) in the Poaceae plant family, see this photo. The plants were burned in the White Fire two years ago come May. Many have re-sprouted, but those that didn't have this fungus. (Aliso Canyon trail, Paradise, Santa Ynez River, 22 January 2015)
Ascomycete Cup fungi (Pezizales or Heliotiales) on burned out Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens, Poaceae)
These are tiny Ascomycete Cup fungi in the Pezizales or Heliotiales order. The individual caps are tiny, only a couple of millimeters across. What they are is not so interesting as where they are - on a burned out plant of native Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) in the Poaceae plant family, see this photo. The plants were burned in the White Fire two years ago come May. Many have re-sprouted, but those that didn't have this fungus. (Aliso Canyon trail, Paradise, Santa Ynez River, 22 January 2015)