Sarcosphaera coronaria    (Jacq.) Boud. 

common name(s) : Violet Crowncup, Violet Elfcup 

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

synonyms: Sarcosphaera crassa, Sarcosphaera eximia, Peziza coronaria 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Sarcosphera coronaria, Sarcoscypha eximia, Peziza eximia, Sarcosphera crassa, Sarcosphaera coronata, Peziza crassa, Sarcosphaera dargelasii)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with  Sarcosphaera coronaria toxicity of Sarcosphaera coronaria genus Sarcosphaera  

The fruiting body is branched cup-shaped, with a purple-violet (also white) internal surface, the external surface being whitish.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods (rare under broad-leaved trees), on a rather calcareous soil, with spruce, pine, beech.

The fruiting period takes place from April to September.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 12 cm (between 3 and 20 cm)
  total height approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Sarcosphaera coronaria is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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