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Bay Cup

Legaliana badia

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 143, February 105, March 165, April 260, May 374, June 408, July 437, August 376, September 276, October 206, November 113, December 88.
United States2,980
Alaska2,950
Russia24
Finland17
Canada16
Colorado14
Spain14
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra10
Quebec7
Germany6

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

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
GenusLegaliana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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