Tarzetta cupularis    (L.) Svr?ek 

common name(s) : Toothed Cup 

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

synonyms: Pustularia cupularis, Tazzetta cupularis 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Peziza cupularis, Pustulina cupularis, Geopyxis cupularis)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Tarzetta cupularis toxicity of Tarzetta cupularis genus Tarzetta  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, with a finely toothed margin, with a pale beige internal surface, the external surface being the same colour and hairy, without stem, or very short and buried.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in damp deciduous (sometimes coniferous) woods, amongst moss, on clayey or sandy soils.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1.5 cm (between 1 and 2 cm)
  total height approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 2.5 cm)


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



page updated on 14/01/18