Peziza michelii    (Boud.) Dennis 



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

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Peziza michelii toxicity of Peziza michelii genus Peziza  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, sometimes laterally split, with a reddish-brown (with shades of violet) internal surface, the external surface being reddish-brown, without violet shades, slightly hairy.

The flesh is yielding a liquid when cut;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in woods, parks, gardens, on bare ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to September.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Peziza michelii is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Peziza michelii in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Peziza michelii in the forest of Rambouillet



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