26 July 2025 Emer Bog, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Peziza limnaea Fruiting Body Cup shaped, irregular, inner surface smooth, brown to olive brown, underside scrufy, reddish brown, stalk absent or short, to about 35 mm across Flesh Brittle Smell Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On damp soil, often with willow and alder Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, decorated with comma shaped warts, 2 droplets (17-20) x (8-10) µm2. Paraphyses equal, slender, septate, tips slightly swollen. Asci tips blued in iodine. Edibility Unknown, avoid Notes The specimens shown were identified by Paul Cannon and Eric Janke. The DNA was amplified by Eric Janke and sequenced by the BMS, confirming the identity. 
26 July 2025 Emer Bog, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in water viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 26 July 2025 Emer Bog, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses in Lactophenol Cotton Blue viewed with a 40X objective. 26 July 2025 Emer Bog, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |