''Peziza'' is a large

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of saprophytic cup

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that grow on the ground, rotting

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

, or dung. Most members of this genus are of unknown edibility and are difficult to identify as separate species without use of

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. The polyphyletic genus has been estimated to contain over 100 species.

Species

Species include: * ''

Peziza ampliata ''Peziza ampliata'' is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae. It appears as brown cups with a wrinkled interior, up to 3 cm across. It occurs, usually in small groups, on rotting wood, especially oak. It is largel ...

'' * '' Peziza arvernensis'' * '' Peziza badia'' * ''

Peziza cerea ''Peziza cerea'', commonly known as the Cellar Cup is a species of ascomycete fungus in the genus ''Peziza'', family Pezizaceae. In common with other ascomycetes the upper surface of the fungus has a layer of cylindrical spore producing cells cal ...

'' * ''

Peziza domiciliana ''Peziza domiciliana'', commonly known as the domicile cup fungus, is a species of fungus in the genus ''Peziza'', family Pezizaceae. Described by English mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, the fungus grows on rotten wood, drywall/plasterboard, an ...

'' * '' Peziza echinospora'' * ''

Peziza erini ''Peziza'' is a large genus of saprophytic cup fungi that grow on the ground, rotting wood, or dung. Most members of this genus are of unknown edibility and are difficult to identify as separate species without use of microscopy. The polyphyleti ...

'' * '' Peziza fimeti'' * '' Peziza granulosa'' * '' Peziza halophila'' * ''

Peziza infossa ''Peziza'' is a large genus of saprophytic cup fungi that grow on the ground, rotting wood, or dung. Most members of this genus are of unknown edibility and are difficult to identify as separate species without use of microscopy. The polyphyleti ...

'' * '' Peziza micropus'' group * '' Peziza moseri'' * '' Peziza oliviae'' * '' Peziza ostracoderma'' * '' Peziza petersii'' * '' Peziza phyllogena'' * '' Peziza praetervisa'' * '' Peziza repanda'' * '' Peziza succosa'' * '' Peziza sylvestris'' * ''

Peziza varia ''Peziza varia'', commonly known as the Palomino cup or recurved cup, is a species of fungus in the genus ''Peziza'', family Pezizaceae. Description ''Peziza varia'' can be identified by its growth on rotted wood or wood chips, its brown upper ...

'' * '' Peziza vesiculosa'' * '' Peziza violacea''

References

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Photos of a few ''Peziza'' species

Pezizales genera Pezizaceae {{Pezizomycetes-stub