Peziza

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Peziza spec. - Lindsey 1.jpg

| image_caption = Peziza badia

| taxon = Peziza

| authority = Dill. ex Fries (1822)

| type_species = Peziza vesiculosa

| type_species_authority = Bull. (1790)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

File:Peziza spp..jpg

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.

Species

Species include:

References

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{{cite journal |author=Frank JL. |title=The olive goblet: Peziza oliviae, a new cup fungus growing underwater in Oregon |journal=Mycotaxon |year=2013 |volume=126 |pages=183–90 |doi=10.5248/126.183|doi-access=free }}

{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=512 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

{{cite journal |author=Smith M. |title=A new hypogeous Peziza species that forms ectomycorrhizas with Quercus in California |journal=North American Fungi |year=2014 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=1–10 |url=https://www.pnwfungi.org/index.php/pnwfungi/article/view/1265 |doi=10.2509/naf2014.009.004|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }}

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External links

[http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/332/Ascomycota/Discomycetes/Peziza/ Photos of a few Peziza species]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070318134208/http://www.huh.harvard.edu/research/discomycetes/image/Peziza/Peziza.html Photos of a few Peziza species]

Category:Pezizales genera

Category:Pezizaceae