Blistered Cup Fungus - Peziza vesiculosa
Description
Fleshy, cup shaped fungus, inner surface smooth, white then yellow-brown, outer surface white, then yellow-brown, scurfy, and growing to10 cm across.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Dung heaps, well manured ground and rotting straw
When to see it
All year round
UK Status
Widespread in Britain and quite common in specific farm or garden habitat.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
 Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 5.4.2010)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote05 April 2010Growing in manure container Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 7.4.2010)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote05 April 2010 Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 24.3.2010).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote05 April 2010
 Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 5.4.2010)..JPG)
 Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 7.4.2010)..JPG)
 Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa) Donkey Lane Allotments Sapcote SP 4860 9305 (taken 24.3.2010).JPG)
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