On soil. 29 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Cup shaped, often irregular, inner surface yellow-brown to dark brown, smooth, outer surface whitish to pale brown, finely scurfy, attached to the substrate by a short stem, to about 12cm across Flesh Pale yellow-brown, brittle Smell Mushroomy Taste Indistinct Season Spring to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil, sawdust, straw, rotten wood and rotted manure Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (15-17) x (8-10)µm2. Asci (260-300)x(13-14)µm2. Asci tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses equal, septate, tips slightly swollen. Edibility Unknown Notes Specimens growing on rotted manure may be confused with P. vesiculosa. Note that most Peziza species cannot be identified without microscopy. 
On straw and manure. 1 May 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a rotten Beech trunk. 23 May 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci. 29 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses. 1 May 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |