Biology:Scutellinia umbrorum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Scutellinia umbrorum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Scutellinia
Species:
S. umbrorum
Binomial name
Scutellinia umbrorum
(Fr.) Lambotte (1888)
Synonyms
  • Peziza umbrosa Fr. (1822)

Scutellinia umbrorum is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This is a common European species, forming clusters of orange discs up to 1.5 cm in diameter on soil or rotting wood in summer and autumn. It is very similar to congeners such as Scutellinia olivascens and can only be reliably identified by microscopic features. S. umbrorum is inedible.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7439591 entry