Common Eyelash

Scutellinia scutellata

Forests, parks, homesteads, field edges. Throughout the growing season.

Fruiting bodies tiny, 0.3-1.2 cm across, stalkless, saucer- or shallow disc-shaped, orange-red, pinkish-red, the margin covered with long blackish bristles, the very edge in particular fringed like eyelashes. Flesh thin, pinkish. Characteristic features: small, orange-red fruiting bodies. Grows singly or in groups, on the ground, on plant debris, sometimes on bonfire sites. Common.