Cramp balls
Daldinia concentrica
Other common names: cramp ball, King Alfred's cake, coal fungus
Identification guide
Edibility & Toxicity guide
Cramp balls (Daldinia concentrica) is inedible.
Distribution
Seasonality
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Xylariales
Family:
Hypoxylaceae
Genus:
Daldinia concentrica
Species:
D. concentrica