Sepultaria arenicola    (Lev.) Massee 



New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Pezizomycetes/Pezizomycetidae/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae  
 

synonyms: Geopora arenicola 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Sepultaria arenicola toxicity of Sepultaria arenicola genus Sepultaria  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped or spherical and hollow, buried, possibly later opening into a star-shape, internal surface: cream.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, on sandy grounds.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)
  total height approximately 2.5 cm (between 2 and 3 cm)


Sepultaria arenicola is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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