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Phillipsia subpurpurea, as shown in Wikipedia, looks somewhat similar, although the form is somewhat different. Also, it's described as an Australian species; and I don't think that oaks are endemic to Australia.

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CajunShroomer, would you mind if I borrowed your photos to show some people to try and get an ID? Also, I need an idea of scale. How big is this? And where in the US is this located? All key things in getting an ID.

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Thanks everyone ! I checked out mushroom observers website and they're a little high tech for me. I figured y'all would enjoy this as much as I do. I'm like a kid in the candy store when I go out foraging. It's amazing all the specimens I used to just walk right by when doing other outdoor activities.

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I asked David Arora and he says he doesn't know a lot about cup fungi, but thinks perhaps it is "Sarcoscypha, perhaps S. dudleyi, but I know very little about cup fungi. The white underside is what makes me think Sarcoscypha."

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...or at least close to the correct species. Still some ongoing debate regarding the ID of these mushrooms.

I didn't see your post, vitog. Or else I would have also proposed "Phillipsia." I'll check later today to see if this genus is documented in the NA Ascomycte guide.

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If you have access to specimens, then dried material would probably be of interest to someone who studies these things. Evidence points toward this being a very unusual occurrence for North America. Genus Phillipsia is not even mentioned within the recently published --and quite extensive-- field guide to NA ascomycete fungi.

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Dave, to relocate these would be pretty challenging. I was out in a big set of woods when I found them. What do you mean by " dried material would be of intrest"? Drying them out for further observing ?

Thanks puddleduck!!

Rum, from what I'm being told, I've found a pretty rare specimen to North American. Found these in South Louisiana

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Dave, it'll be difficult but not impossible. Actually pin pointing the location where I found them will be difficult. I've probably traveled 10 miles on foot that day foraging. I was just taking pictures not really paying attention to where I found each specimen. I'm pretty new to this so I didn't think anything of it at the time. May take a little while but I'll do my best to locate and harvest them.

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