
''Peziza'' is a large
genus
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of
saprophytic
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...
cup
fungi
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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 ligni ...
, or dung. Most members of this genus are of unknown edibility and are difficult to identify as separate species without use of
microscopy
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. The
polyphyletic
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genus has been estimated to contain over 100 species.
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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 ...
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* '' Peziza arvernensis''
* ''Peziza badia
''Peziza badia'' is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae. This is one of the more familiar of the cup fungi of Europe, appearing as irregular dark brown cups up to 8 cm in diameter, often in small groups, on soil ...
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* '' Peziza cerea''
* '' Peziza domiciliana''
* ''Peziza echinospora
''Peziza echinospora'' is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae
The Pezizaceae (commonly referred to as cup fungi) are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of ...
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* ''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 microscope, microscopy. The ...
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* '']Peziza fimeti
''Peziza fimeti'' is a species of ascomycete fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae. Found in Europe and North America, the fungus grows on cow dung. It produces small, light brown, cup-shaped fruit bodies up to in diameter. The asci (spore-p ...
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* ''Peziza granulosa
''Peziza granulosa'' is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae
The Pezizaceae (commonly referred to as cup fungi) are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of a ...
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* ''Peziza halophila
''Peziza halophila'' (now ''Daleomyces halophilus'') is an ascomycota, ascomycete fungus in the family Pezizaceae, Species description, described as new to science in 2017. It was originally described in genus ''Peziza'' by Crous and colleagues i ...
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* '' Peziza infossa''
* '' Peziza micropus'' group
* '' Peziza moseri''
* '' Peziza oliviae''[
* '' Peziza ostracoderma''
* '' Peziza petersii''
* '' Peziza phyllogena''
* '' Peziza praetervisa''
* '' Peziza repanda''
* '' Peziza succosa''
* '' Peziza sylvestris''
* '' Peziza varia''
* '' Peziza vesiculosa''
* '' Peziza violacea''
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References
External links
Photos of a few ''Peziza'' species
Pezizales genera
Pezizaceae
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