7 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Cup shaped, then flattened, inner surface smooth, purple, underside granular, pale purple, to about 4 cm across Flesh Brittle, whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Spring to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On old fire sites Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, finely warty (11.5-13.5) x (6-7)µm2. Asci tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses curved, thickened at the tips. Edibility Inedible |