Key Identification Features
- cyathiforme are distinctively slightly or strongly curved.
- Cyathus differs from Crucibulum by having a distinct three-layered peridium wall and a more intricate funiculus.
- Like other wood-decay fungi, its life cycle has two functionally distinct phases: a vegetative stage for mycelial spread, and a reproductive stage that produces spore-forming fruiting bodies.
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