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

synonyms: Übersehender Becherling
Peziza praetervisa Mushroom
Ref No: 8529
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Peziza praetervisa2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8530
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Violet or purple, Brown, Black or blackish
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 praetervisa Bres. Übersehender Becherling. Cup 1–4cm across, cup-shaped and expanding, often in clusters, sessile, inner surface violaceous sometimes with a brown tint, outer paler and slightly scurfy. Flesh thin, mauve. Asci 250 x 10µ, blued at the tip by iodine. Spores containing two oil drops, finely warted, 11–13 x 6–8µ. Habitat on fire sites. Season autumn to summer. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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