Peziza varia    (Hedw.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Layered Cup 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Pezizaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pezizomycetideae/Pezizales/Pezizineae/Pezizaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Galactinia varia)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Peziza varia toxicity of Peziza varia genus Peziza  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, with an ochre to brown internal surface, the external surface being beige.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, or rotten wood of broad-leaved trees, out of forests.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 12 cm)


Peziza varia is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .



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