Rhizina undulata    Fr. 

common name(s) : Pine Firefungus, Pine Fire Fungus 

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

synonyms: Rhizina inflata 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Rhizina undulata toxicity of Rhizina undulata genus Rhizina  

The fruiting body is flat cushion-shaped, smooth and wavy like a carpet, with the margin sometimes upturned, with a brown-red to black internal surface, the external surface being white to ochre.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on burnt ground, on coniferous debris.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 13 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Rhizina undulata is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Rhizina undulata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Rhizina undulata in the forest of Rambouillet



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