Aleuria aurantia    (Pers.) Fuckel 

common name(s) : Orange Peel Fungus 

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

synonyms: Peziza aurantia, Peziza aurantiaca, Aleuria aurantiaca 

edibility : edible

photo gallery of Aleuria aurantia
photo gallery of Aleuria aurantia potential confusions with Aleuria aurantia toxicity of Aleuria aurantia genus Aleuria  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, irregular, with a bright red-orange internal surface, the external surface being pink to orange then whitish, flaky, with a very short stem.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, on sandy grounds or clearings.

The fruiting period takes place from May to March.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 7 cm (between 0.5 and 12 cm)
  total height approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Aleuria aurantia is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Aleuria aurantia in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Aleuria aurantia in the forest of Rambouillet



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