30 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Cup shaped, often flattened or irregular, inner surface pale to dark brown, smooth, outer surface whitish, scurfy, to about 10cm across Flesh Brownish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late spring to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On fire sites Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty (14-18) x (7-9)µm2. Asci (250-280) x (11-12)µm2. Asci tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses equal, septate, slightly swollen at tips. Edibility Inedible Notes This species cannot be identified without a microscope. There are several other Peziza species which grow on fire sites, including P. petersii, P. violacea and P. proteana 
Spores viewed with a x100 oil immerson objective. 30 August 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |