Peziza saniosa    Schrad.:Fr. 



New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Pezizaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Pezizaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Galactinia saniosa)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Peziza saniosa toxicity of Peziza saniosa genus Peziza  

The fruiting body is shallow cup-shaped, with a blue-black to violet internal surface, the external surface being grey-brown to black and hairy.

The flesh is yielding a liquid when cut;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in the woods, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from August to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Peziza saniosa is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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