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Aleuria aurantia.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Becherling Pézize orangée, Orange Peel Fungus, Orangeroter
Aleuria aurantia Mushroom
Ref No: 6701
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Aleuria aurantia2 Mushroom
Ref No: 6702
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Orangeroter Becherling Pézize orangée, Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia (Fr.) Fuckel syn. Peziza aurantia Fr. Cup 0.5–10cm across, cup shaped becoming wavy and flattened, inner surface bright yellowish-orange, outer whitish, covered in fine white down visible under a hand lens. Flesh thin and brittle, whitish. Asci 220×13µ, not blued by iodine. Spores elliptical and coarsely reticulate, containing two oil drops, 17–24×9–11µ. Habitat gregarious, on bare soil, or amongst grass in lawns or at roadsides. Season early autumn to early winter. Common. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 January 2012

Hungarian names, Narancsszinü csészegomba, Narancssárga csészegomba
Dejan Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) - 16 June 2011

Habitat in Zaplanje, village Gadžin Han (city of Nis), Southern Serbia, SERBIA.
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erminio ferrari (Italy) - 19 April 2011

Aleuria aurantia. Raccolta effettuata in Valle Antigorio (Piemonte,Italia)a circa 800 m s.l.m., su terreno sabbioso-siliceo
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Rahim Yalcintas (Turkey) - 07 October 2009

found in a forest with beech trees and some oak trees.. Malapetra region in Demirkoy / Kirklareli / TURKEY
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 02 January 2009

Aleuria aurantia found in an orchard around the trunk felled Populus.Pierszczewko Kaszuby Poland
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

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