Cyathus species- near Satara, Maharashtra

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Cyathus species- near Satara, Maharashtra

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Id pl: fungi bowls in half-dried dung.
what are the black bead-like thing?
photo taken on this 15th august on the platue of fort Chanddan- vandan near Satara,
appr..height 2000 feet amsl.

This Cyathus commonly known as Bird's nest Fungi from Basidiomycetes.
... I will recommend reading the article form Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathus
it will clearly tell you what those back bead-like structures are !!

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathus

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