At the side of a footpath in an arable field. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Cup to disk shaped, often irregular, inside smooth, outside scurfy, fawn, mid brown to reddish brown, margin notched, to about 3 cm across Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Rarely recorded, possibly quite frequent Habitat On rich soil and on dung Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (18-22.5) x (10-12) µm2. Asci 8 spored, tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses equal, septate, tips swollen. Edibility Inedible Notes There are several similar species. Among the most common are P. vesiculosa and P. varia. P. vesiculosa occurs on dung, and has thick flesh and large fruit bodies that tend to grow in clusters. P. varia can occur on dung, wood and soil. and could easily be confused with P. fimeti although it has smaller spores. P. badia and P. arvernensis may occur on soil, but are easily separated by their warty spores. 
At the side of a footpath in an arable field. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
A crop from the previous image. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
At the side of a footpath in an arable field. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
At the side of a footpath in an arable field. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
The undersides of the specimens shown in the previous image. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Lactophenol Cotton Blue solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 29 December 2023 High Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |