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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 |
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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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