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Home Cup

Peziza domiciliana

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1, February 2, March 2, April 5, May 9, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 2, November 2, December 1.
United States183
Canada66
Ontario38
New York27
California24
Washington16
Virginia13
Quebec12
Maryland9
Illinois8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Cup fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly cup fungi.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassOperculate Ascomycetes · Pezizomycetes
OrderPezizales
FamilyPezizas, Desert Truffles, and Allies · Pezizaceae
GenusCups · Peziza

Sources

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Practise Home Cup with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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