On soil. 29 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Peziza cerea, Peziza micropus, Peziza repanda Fruiting Body Cup shaped to flattened, often irregular, inner surface yellow-brown to dark brown, smooth, outer surface whitish to pale yellow brown, finely scurfy, attached to the substrate by a short stem, about 2 to 15 cm across Flesh Pale to pale yellow-brown, brittle Smell Mushroomy Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On soil, sawdust, straw, rotten wood and rotted manure Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth or very finely warty (14.5-17.5) x (8-10.5) µm2. Asci (260-300) x (13-14) µm2. Asci tips blued in iodine. Paraphyses equal, septate, tips usually slightly swollen. Edibility Unknown Notes Note that recent DNA analysis has indicated that P. cerea, P. micropus and P. repanda are synonyms for P. varia. Specimens growing on rotted manure may be confused with P. vesiculosa. 
Asci. 29 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On straw and manure. 1 May 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Asci and paraphyses. 1 May 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On a rotten Beech trunk. 23 May 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |