Biology:Tarzetta catinus

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Short description: Species of fungus


Tarzetta catinus
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T. catinus
Binomial name
Tarzetta catinus
Holmsk., 1799

Tarzetta catinus is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This is a largely European species with a few records from Mexico and the United States . It appears from spring to autumn as cream-coloured cups up to 5 cm across, usually in small groups among broad-leaved trees, especially beech. The rather similar Tarzetta cupularis is usually a smaller, deeper, flask-shaped cup, but the two species can only be reliably distinguished microscopically: by the shape of the spores (those of T. catinus being broader) and the paraphyses (those of T. catinus having distinctive lobed tips).

The species is inedible.[1]

References

  1. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. pp. 525. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1. 

Sources

  • Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0. 
  • Buczacki, Stefan (1992). Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-00-219978-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7687047 entry