Geopora sumneriana    (Cooke) M. Torre 

common name(s) : Cedar Cup 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Pyronemataceae  

synonyms: Sepultaria sumneriana 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Geopora sumneriana
photo gallery of Geopora sumneriana potential confusions with Geopora sumneriana toxicity of Geopora sumneriana genus Geopora  

The fruiting body is sphere-shaped, hollow, buried, later opening into a star-shape, with a pale yellow to cream internal surface, the external surface being brown-red, covered with dark hairs.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in lawns, mostly with cedar trees, but also with yews.

The fruiting period takes place from January to June.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  total height approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Geopora sumneriana is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Geopora sumneriana in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Geopora sumneriana in the forest of Rambouillet



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