Peziza echinospora    P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Charcoal Cup 

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

synonyms: Peziza anthracophila 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Galactinia echinospora)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Peziza echinospora toxicity of Peziza echinospora genus Peziza  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, with an incurved margin, with a dark reddish-brown internal surface, the external surface being whitish.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, on burnt wood or on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  total height approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)


Peziza echinospora is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Peziza echinospora in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Peziza echinospora in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18