Peziza

thumb|Peziza sp. fruit body spore sacs teased out and viewed under a microscope

Species

Yellow Fairy Cups

KINGDOM

KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassPezizomycetes
OrderPezizales
FamilyPezizaceae

Habitatmarine

Observations19,697

Observations recorded60,110,991

Peziza Fr., Systema mycologicum, Index alphab. 2: 40 (1822). Il genere Peziza include funghi, lignicoli e terricoli, a forma di coppa, provvisti o meno di peduncolo, dalle pareti lisce o rugose, più o meno carnose. L'imenio è disposto sulla superficie interna del ricettacolo (apotecio).

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 4,620
With media: 3,111
Family: Pezizaceae
Collections: ENCB-IPN, ECOSUR
Recorded in: Mexico

iDigBio →

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Pezizaceae
Image: Peziza spec. - Lindsey 1.jpg

Show 8 more facts

taxon common name: Пецица
taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Peziza
Commons category: Peziza
topic's main category: Category:Peziza
taxonomic type: Peziza vesiculosa
Commons gallery: Peziza
taxon author citation: Fr.

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

3 sections

Contents

Species
References
External links

thumb|Peziza sp. fruit body spore sacs teased out and viewed under a microscope

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 polyphyletic genus has been estimated to contain over 100 species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peziza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.