Peziza badioconfusa

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Peziza badioconfusa Korf (illustrated 40% life size) Cup 3–10cm across, deeply cup-shaped, becoming irregular, sessile; inner surface dull reddish-brown, outer surface similar, roughened, unpolished. Flesh brittle. Spores 17–21×8–10¼, ellipsoid, finely warted, containing 2 oil drops. Asci about 140×12¼; amyloid. Habitat singly or in groups on humus or beside old logs; early summer. Rare. Said to be edible.