Sarcosphaera coronaria
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Sarcosphaera is a fungal genus within the Pezizaceae family. It used to be considered a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sarcosphaera coronaria, commonly known as the pink crown, the violet crown-cup, or the violet star cup. However, recent research revealed there are many species in the complex, two in Europe and North Africa (S. coronaria and S. crassa), other in North America (e.g., S. columbiana, S. pacifica, S. montana, S. gigantea) and Asia.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassPezizomycetes
- OrderPezizales
- FamilyPezizaceae
Sarcosphaera Auersw., Hedwigia 8: 82 (1869). Sarcosphaera è un genere di funghi ascomiceti appartenente alla famiglia Pezizaceae. Le specie di questo genere hanno il carpoforo a forma di una grossa coppa di colore rosa-lilaceo all'interno e con l'orlo a lobi triangolari (lacinie). Specie di Sarcosphaera Sarcosphaera coronaria (Jacq.) J. Schröt. (1893); Sarcosphaera dargelasii (Gachet) Nannf. (1953) Sarcosphaera funerata (Cooke) Seaver (1930) Sarcosphaera gigantea (Rehm) Kanouse (1941) Sarcosphaera sepulchralis (Rebent.) Rick (1931) Sarcosphaera ulbrichiana (Durieu & Mont.) Kirschst. (1943) Bibliografia (EN) Sarcosphaera, in Index Fungorum, CABI Bioscience.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 864
- With media
- 250
- Family
- Pezizaceae
- Collections
- CINC, DBG, OSC, MICH, UTC
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Sarcosphaera
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- kroonliudik
- short name
- S. coronaria
- regional conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Sarcosphaera is a fungal genus within the Pezizaceae family. It used to be considered a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sarcosphaera coronaria, commonly known as the pink crown, the violet crown-cup, or the violet star cup. However, recent research revealed there are many species in the complex, two in Europe and North Africa (S. coronaria and S. crassa), other in North America (e.g., S. columbiana, S. pacifica, S. montana, S. gigantea) and Asia.
S. coronaria is a whitish or grayish cup fungus, distinguished by the manner in which the cup splits into lobes from the top downward. The fruit body, typically found partially buried in soil, is initially like a fleshy hollow ball, and may be mistaken for a puffball. Unlike the latter, it splits open from the top downwards to form a cup with five to ten pointed rays, reaching up to in diameter. It is lavender-brown on the inside surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarcosphaera coronaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.