Otidea alutacea
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| Otidea alutacea | |
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| File:Brown Clustered Ear Cup.jpg | |
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| Species: | O. alutacea
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| Otidea alutacea Pers., 1801
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Otidea alutacea, commonly known as the brown clustered ear cup,[1] is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This European species appears as buff coloured deep cups, often split down one side, up to 6 cm tall, on soil in woodland. It is inedible.[2] The cup is 3–6 cm tall and 2–4 cm wide, normally split on one side to the base, with a wavy margin, brown outside and light brown inside.[3] The spores are colorless.[3] Similar species include Otidea onotica and Guepinia helvelloides.[3]
Gallery
| Otidea alutacea | |
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| File:Smooth icon.png | Smooth hymenium |
| File:No cap icon.svg | No distinct cap |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Lacks a stipe |
| File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svg | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
| File:Mycomorphbox Question.png | Edibility is unknown |
References
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- ↑ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
- Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0.
- Buczacki, Stefan (1992). Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins. p. 218. ISBN 0-00-219978-5.
- Otidea alutacea at Species Fungorum
