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Nidula
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Nidula

Nidula is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Their fruit bodies resemble tiny egg-filled birds' nests, from which they derive their common name "bird's nest fungi". Originally described in 1902, the genus differs from the related genera Cyathus and Crucibulum by the absence of a cord that attaches the eggs to the inside of the fruit body. The life cycle of this genus allows it to reproduce both sexually, with meiosis, and asexually via...

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

woolly bird's nest fungus

speciesNidula niveotomentosa

jellied bird's nest fungus

speciesNidula candida

Nidula emodensis

speciesNidula emodensis

Nidula shingbaensis

speciesNidula shingbaensis

Nidula microcarpa

speciesNidula microcarpa

Nidula macrocarpa

speciesNidula macrocarpa

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Nidula in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.405

Nidula in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.406

Nidula in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.407

Nidula in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.408

Nidula in Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.118

Nidula in Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms

James Sowerby · 1797 · p.116

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118140.