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Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni, in Saccardo, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 7: 40 (1888) Nidularia stercorea Schwein., Trans. Am. phil. Soc. Ser. 2 4(2): 253 (1834) [1832]
Habitat: On sandy soil in dunes, often near, or attached to, weathered rabbit droppings and occasionally around stem bases of Ammophila arenaria.
Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread in coastal areas of Scotland and Wales. Also isolated from soil in South Devon.
Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 44345; Wales: K(M) 48966
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 378, pl. 495
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 194
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 60-61, pl. Figs 34/35
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Near Threatened (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)
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