Phylloscypha phyllogena

Scientific name:  Phylloscypha phyllogena (Cooke)
Van Vooren
Derivation of namePhyllo means "leaf" and scypha
means "cup."
Synonyms:  Peziza phyllogena Cooke; Peziza
badioconfusa
Korf
Common name(s):  Common brown cup
Phylum:   Ascomycota
Order:   Pezizales
Family:   Pezizaceae
Occurrence on wood substrate:  Saprobic; solitary
or clustered on well-decayed wood (especially
moss-covered stumps) or on the ground; spring
through early summer.  
Dimensions:  Up to 15 cm wide; deep to shallowly
cup-shaped, flattening with age; stalkless.   
Sterile outer surface:  Reddish-brown; dull,
scurfy.       
Fertile inner surface:   Reddish-brown to
olive-brown; smooth.
Comments: Although this fungus resembles Peziza
badia
, P. badia fruits in the fall. The two species also
differ in spore morphology. See the following website
for further cautions in identifying P. phyllogena.

More information at MushroomExpert.com:


Figure 1. Typical specimen of Phylloscypha
phyllogena.
The cups become quite irregular in
shape when growing in clusters.
Photo © William Roody

 

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