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Peziza petersii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • synonyms: Milchender Becherling
    Peziza petersii Mushroom
    Ref No: 8527
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    Peziza petersii2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 8528
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    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: Brown
    normal size: Less than 5cm
    cap type: Cup shaped
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on the ground

    Peziza petersii Berk. & Curtis syn. Galactinia sarrazinii Boud. Milchender Becherling. Cup 3–5cm across, cup-shaped and often clustered, sessile, inner surface reddish-brown with dark grey centre, outer reddish brown at the margin, dark grey towards the base, scurfy. Flesh thin, greyish. Asci 200 x 10µ, blued at the tip by iodine. Spores containing two oil drops, finely warted, 10–12 x 5.5–6µ. Habitat on burnt wood and soil often on bonfire sites. Season early summer to autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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