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Otidea alutacea

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Species of fungus

Otidea alutacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Otidea
Species: O. alutacea
Binomial name
Otidea alutacea
Pers., 1801

Otidea alutacea, commonly known as the brown clustered ear cup, is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This European species appears as buff coloured deep cups, often split down one side, up to 6 cm tall, on soil in woodland. It is inedible.

The cup is 3–6 cm tall and 2–4 cm wide, normally split on one side to the base, with a wavy margin, brown outside and light brown inside. The spores are colorless.

Similar species include Otidea onotica and Guepinia helvelloides.

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Species of fungus
Otidea alutaceaView the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following listMycological characteristics
Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

References

  1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. ^ Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
Taxon identifiers
Otidea alutacea
Peziza alutacea


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