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| location: North America |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| 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, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Peziza badioconfusa Korf Cup 3-10cm across, deeply cup-shaped, becoming irregular; inner surface dull reddish brown, outer surface similar but roughened or unpolished. No stem. Flesh brittle. Asci about 140 x 12µ. Spores ellipsoid, finely warted, containing 2 oil drops, 17-21 x 8-10µ. Spore sacs amyloid. Habitat singly or in groups on humus or beside old logs. Throughout North America and common in the East. Season May June. Said to be edible. |
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Renate Rohmann (United States) - 08 May 2015
I found a cup fungus that matches your description of Peziza badioconfusa with one difference that I can observe. Mine has a layer of white flesh sandwiched in two layers of brown. Is it still badioconfusa? Found on May 5, in the mountains of NE Tennessee.
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Beth Berryhill (United States) - 09 May 2012
Found a cluster of about 25 of them while Morel Hunting. Rockford Michigan This is the first time I have ever seen these. Peziza Badioconfusa?
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