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Peziza echinospora.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Charcoal Cup, Stachelsporiger Becherling
Peziza echinospora Mushroom
Ref No: 8526
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Cup shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground

Peziza echinospora Karst. Stachelsporiger Becherling Charcoal Cup. Cup 3–8cm across, cup-shaped with incurved margin, sessile, inner surface dark reddish-brown, outer whitish flushed brown and scurfy. Flesh thin, brown. Asci 300 x 14µ, blued at the tip by iodine. Spores oblong-elliptic, finely warted, 14–18 x 7–9.5µ. Habitat on burnt ground and charred wood. Season late spring to autumn. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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