Fruiting body upper (hymenial) surface is dark liver or olive-brown and smooth. The outer (lower) surface is more pallid reddish-brown, finely scurfy, and shallowly cup-shaped with a wavy, irregular margin. It is sessile (it has no stem). The flesh is reddish brown, brittle and thin, yielding a watery juice when broken. Spore print white.
Microscopic Features: Spores are ellipsoidal, measuring 17-20 x 9-12μm, and adorned with an irregular reticulate pattern (net-like design).
Peziza badia on the First Nature Web site.
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