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blistered cup

Peziza vesiculosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 65, February 48, March 75, April 118, May 170, June 185, July 198, August 170, September 125, October 93, November 51, December 40.
United States1,826
Alaska1,336
Canada97
California81
Pennsylvania64
Ontario48
United Kingdom48
New York40
Australia40
England38

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Cup fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly cup fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on dungListed by a harvested fungal ecology source as a dung saprotroph.FUNGuild fungal ecology database

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

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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