Phillipsia subpurpurea

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Phillipsia subpurpurea is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae. It is found in Australia where it grows as a saprophyte on wood. The fungus was first described scientifically by English mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome. Its cup-shaped fruit bodies lack stipes and have purplish interior surfaces.

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{{cite journal |author=Berkeley MJ, Broome CE. |title=List of fungi from Brisbane, Queensland; with descriptions of new species. Part II |journal=Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Botany |year=1883 |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=53–73 (see p. 69) |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.1883.tb00004.x |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/784496}}

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