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  • Peziza succosa Mushroom
    Ref No: 8534
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    Peziza succosaCHECK Mushroom
    Ref No: 8535
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    location: North America
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
    normal size: Less than 5cm
    cap type: Cup shaped
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh exudes coloured latex (milk) when cut, Flesh granular or brittle
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

    Peziza succosa Berk. Cup 2-5cm across, cup-shaped expanding to shallowly cup shaped or even somewhat disc-like, sometimes with a somewhat lobed margin; inner surface gray-brown with a slight olivaceous tint, outer surface whitish, grayish, or yellowish. No stem. Flesh thin; whitish yielding yellow juice that makes yellow stains on the edges of the cup and flesh. Asci 350 x 18µ. Spores ellipsoid, warty and ridged, containing 2 large oil drops, 17-22 x 9-12µ. Habitat on damp soil in woods. Quite frequent. Found in northeastern North America, west to Wisconsin. Season June-August. Not edible.

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