| Cup fungi | |
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| Peziza badia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pezizaceae Dumort. (1829) |
| Type genus | |
| Peziza Dill. ex Fr. (1822) | |
| Genera | |
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The Pezizaceae (commonly referred to as cup fungi) are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of the fruit body (ascoma). The cup shape typically serves to focus raindrops into splashing spores out of the cup. Additionally, the curvature enables wind currents to blow the spores out in a different manner than in most agarics and boletes.
Cup fungi grow in peculiar shapes, frequently resembling cups or saucers. For example, the orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) resembles a discarded orange rind. They may be vividly colored, like the scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea), which is often one of the first signs of spring in the temperate regions where it grows. According to one 2008 estimate, the family contains 31 genera and 230 species.
Subtaxa
Pezizaceae includes the following:
- Adelphella
- Amylascus
- Aquapeziza
- Boudiera
- Calongea
- Cazia
- Chromelosporium
- Delastria
- Elderia
- Galactinia
- Glischroderma
- Hapsidomyces
- Hydnobolites
- Hydnoplicata
- Hydnotryopsis
- Imaia
- Iodophanus
- Iodowynnea
- Kalaharituber
- Luteoamylascus
- Mattirolomyces
- Muciturbo
- Mycoclelandia
- Oedocephalum
- Pachyella
- Pachyphlodes
- Pachyphloeus
- Peziza
- Peziza alaskana
- Peziza alcis
- Peziza ammophila
- Peziza ampelina
- Peziza ampliata
- Peziza apiculata
- Peziza arvernensis
- Peziza atrovinosa
- Peziza badia
- Peziza badioconfusa
- Peziza badiofusca
- Peziza bananincola
- Peziza berthetiana
- Peziza bovina
- Peziza brunneoatra
- Peziza buxea
- Peziza campestris
- Peziza depressa
- Peziza domiciliana
- Peziza echinospora
- Peziza ellipsospora
- Peziza emileia
- Peziza erini
- Peziza exogelatinosa
- Peziza fimeti
- Peziza flavida
- Peziza fruticosa
- Peziza gerardii
- Peziza granularis
- Peziza griseo-rosea
- Peziza halophila
- Peziza howsei
- Peziza infossa
- Peziza infuscata
- Peziza irina
- Peziza kallioi
- Peziza limnaea
- Peziza lividula
- Peziza lobulata
- Peziza lohjaoensis
- Peziza luteoloflavida
- Peziza michelii
- Peziza montirivicola
- Peziza moseri
- Peziza muscicola
- Peziza natrophila
- Peziza ninguis
- Peziza nivalis
- Peziza nordica
- Peziza obtuspiculata
- Peziza oceanica
- Peziza oliviae
- Peziza ostracoderma
- Peziza perdicina
- Peziza petersii
- Peziza phlebospora
- Peziza phyllogena
- Peziza polaripapulata
- Peziza praetervisa
- Peziza proteana
- Peziza pseudoammophila
- Peziza pseudovesiculosa
- Peziza pseudoviolacea
- Peziza pudicella
- Peziza pyrophila
- Peziza quelepidotia
- Peziza repanda
- Peziza retrocurvata
- Peziza retrocurvatoides
- Peziza saccardoana
- Peziza saniosa
- Peziza shearii
- Peziza stuntzii
- Peziza subcitrina
- Peziza subclavipes
- Peziza subisabellina
- Peziza subumbrina
- Peziza subviolacea
- Peziza succosa
- Peziza succosella
- Peziza tarembergensis
- Peziza udicola
- Peziza vacinii
- Peziza varia
- Peziza vesiculosa
- Peziza whitei
- Plicaria
- Plicariella
- Ruhlandiella
- Sarcopeziza
- Sarcosphaera
- Scabropezia
- Stouffera
- Temperantia
- Terfezia
- Terfezia albida
- Terfezia alsheikhii
- Terfezia arenaria
- Terfezia boudieri
- Terfezia canariensis
- Terfezia cistophila
- Terfezia claveryi
- Terfezia crassiverrucosa
- Terfezia eliocrocae
- Terfezia extremadurensis
- Terfezia fanfani
- Terfezia grisea
- Terfezia leptoderma
- Terfezia lusitanica
- Terfezia morenoi
- Terfezia olbiensis
- Terfezia pini
- Terfezia pseudoleptoderma
- Terfezia trappei
- Tirmania
- Ulurua
References
- ^ "Pezizaceae". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 512. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.