Genus: Aleuria

Family: Pyronemataceae

Aleuria aurantia

Known Species in the County

Aleuria aurantia – Orange Cup Fungus

Approximately 1 species in Santa Cruz County.

Aleuria Records from Santa Cruz County:

Mycoportal
Mushroomobserver

Aleuria have bright orange cup-shaped or flattened and often ruffly fruitbodies. Saprophytic. Ruderal, preferring waterlogged bare soil, trailsides, roadcuts, and landslide heaps.

Identification is straightforward in the county as no other fungus really looks like it.