From: dbalasko@foi.hr   
      
   "ram"  wrote in message   
   news:1178116960.497688.178660@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > The lighting in the photograph shows hints of red that where not   
   > present in the specimen.   
      
   Then I was fooled by that effect. But, i wonder, why that hints of red apper   
   only at the edge of cup.   
      
      
   > It was growing in moss   
   > under conifer...which corsponds to preferences of P. nigrella.   
   >   
      
   It also coresponds to Plectania melastoma.   
      
   > I've never found P. melastoma.  Examination of the spores would   
   > clairify identification ( globose  vs. ellipsoid).   
   >   
      
   Yes, shape of spores would clarify doubt.   
   I've also never found Plectania melastoma, but I found Pseudoplectania   
   nigrella. Here are pictures:   
   http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=54mauyc   
   http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=63bo1n7   
      
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