Peziza repanda in its mature stage:
Location Summary
Range: North America, Europe
Substrate: well-decayed wood or wood chips, manure
Tiime-of-Year: Spring & Autumn, sometimes appearing in summer
Frequency: common
Identification Characteristics
Shape: Round & cup like when young, becoming flattened & wrinkled near the center when mature.
Upper Surface Colour: Tan or mildly-yellowed tan when young. At maturity, brown upper surface.
Underside: white & minutely fuzzy
Attachment to Substrate: under the center of the mushroom, rather than under the whole cup like other “Cup Fungi” {Peziza sp.}
Texture: thin & brittle
Spore Shape: Smooth & elliptical. Lacking oil droplets.
Spore Colour: White, cream or yellowish
No Known Human Uses Yet
Scientific Classification
Royal Family: {Fungi}
Division: “fungi which form their spores in a sac-like ascus”{Ascomycota}
Sub-Phyllum: “reproduce by fission rather than budding & “fruiting bodies visible to the naked eye” {Pezizomycotina}
Class: {Pezizomycetes}
Order: “asci open by rupturing to form a terminal or eccentric lid or operculum” {Pezizales}
Family: “Cup Fungi” {Pezizaceae}
Genus: {Peziza}
Species: {repanda}
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Bibliography: http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6591.asp, http://www.mushroomexpert.com/peziza_repanda.html, 2012 U.C. Berkeley Fungus Fair, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peziza_repanda
Photos & Database Entry: Distance Everheart 1-7-14
Special thanks to the 2012 U.C. Berkeley Fungus Fair!