Peziza varia

Peziza varia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pezizaceae
Genus: Peziza
Species:
P. varia
Binomial name
Peziza varia
Hedw. (1789)
Synonyms

Peziza repanda Pers. (1808)
Peziza cerea Bull. (1781)
Peziza micropus Pers. (1800)

Peziza varia
Mycological characteristics
Smooth hymenium
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white to cream
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Peziza varia, commonly known as the spreading brown cup fungus,[1] Palomino cup or recurved cup, is a species of fungus in the genus Peziza, family Pezizaceae.

Similar species

Similar species include Peziza arvernensis, P. domiciliana, P. vesiculosa, and P. violacea.[2]

Peziza repanda, Peziza cerea and Peziza micropus are synonyms.[3]

Palamino Cup fungus in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

Edibility

Peziza varia is nonpoisonous[4] but inedible.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 821–22. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
  2. ↑ Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 399–400. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  3. ↑ Hansen, Karen; Læssøe, Thomas; Pfister, Donald H. (2002). "Phylogenetic diversity in the core group of Peziza inferred from ITS sequences and morphology" (PDF). Mycological Research. 106 (8): 879–902. doi:10.1017/S0953756202006287. ISSN 0953-7562. S2CID 54010289. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  5. ↑ Roger Philip's Mushrooms Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
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