Peziza repanda (Palomino Cup)
Family
Pezizaceae
Location
Europe, North America
Dimensions
6-12 cm diameter * 1-4 cm tall
Edibility
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Description
Peziza repanda, also known as Palomino Cup, is a species of cup fungus characterized by its distinctive pale, saucer-shaped fruiting bodies. This mushroom typically grows on decaying wood or soil in forested areas and is recognized for its wavy, irregular edges and smooth, brownish-beige surface.

Fruiting body sessile and cup-shaped, often with an irregular outline that eventually spreads. The margin starts incurved, becomes upright, and finally levels out or recurves, appearing crenate to lacerate. The hymenium is concave, ranging from even to wrinkled or furrowed, and is glabrous with a light brown to chestnut-brown colour, sometimes showing a reddish-brown tint. The exterior surface is white to ash-grey and finely tomentose to furfuraceous. Spore print white to pale cream.

Microscopic Features: Spores 11-16 x 6-10 µm, smooth, elliptical, without oil droplets.

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