Nidulariaceae

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Nidulariaceae - bird's-nest fungi

fungus family - includes lichen families

Nidulariales, order Nidulariales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae

bird's-nest fungus - any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores

genus Nidularia, Nidularia - type genus of the Nidulariaceae

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Sutthisa and Sanoamuang (6) studied the ability of bird's nest fungi (Cyathus sp.) to inhibit the mycelial growth of soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi by the dual culture technique.

Biological Control Properties of Cyathus spp. to Control Plant Disease Pathogens

These also commonly known as gilled mushrooms, pore fungi, tooth fungi, club fungi, smooth fungi, puff balls, stink horns, jelly fungi, cup fungi, earth stars, bird's nest fungi, boletus (bolets), morels, truffles and toadstool.

Mushroom and its importance

CHRIS FELTON found bird's nest fungi (cyathus olla) growing in pine mulch in Liverpool city centre flowerbeds, and in the mulch in beds on St George's Street, below the Anglican Cathedral, he found earth potatoes (scleroderma citrinum).