Peziza fimeti

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

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| genus = Peziza

| species = fimeti

| authority = (Fuckel) E.C.Hansen (1876)

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  • Humaria fimeti Fuckel (1871)
  • Peziza bovina W.Phillips (1887)
  • Humaria bovina (W.Phillips) Sacc. (1889))
  • Plicaria fimeti (Fuckel) Rehm (1894)
  • Aleuria bovina (W.Phillips) Boud. (1907)
  • Aleuria fimeti (Fuckel) Boud. (1907)
  • Galactinia fimeti (Fuckel) Svrček & Kubička (1961)

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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 {{convert|2|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} in diameter. The asci (spore-producing cells) are cylindrical (or nearly so), with dimensions of up to 280 μm long and 18 μm in diameter. The spores are ellipsoid and measure 8 by 16 μm.

References

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{{cite book |author=Seaver FJ. |title=The North American Cup-fungi (Operculates) |year=1942 |location=New York |page=232 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4716341}}

{{cite journal |author=Svrcek M, Kubicka J. |title=Some operculate Discomycetes from the vicinity of the pond 'Dvoriste' in southern Bohemia |journal=Ceská Mykologie |year=1961 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=61–77}}

{{cite web |title=GSD Species Synonymy: Peziza fimeti (Fuckel) E.C. Hansen |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=264920 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2014-05-05}}

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