Discina ancilis

Discina ancilis
Fruit bodies found in eastern Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou Co., California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Discinaceae
Genus: Discina
Species:
D. ancilis
Binomial name
Discina ancilis
(Pers.) Sacc. (1889)
Synonyms
List
  • Peziza ancilis Pers. (1822)
  • Aleuria ancilis (Pers.) Gillet (1879)
  • Acetabula ancilis (Pers.) Lambotte (1880)
  • Helvella ancilis (Pers.) Quél. (1886)
  • Gyromitra ancilis (Pers.) Kreisel (1984)
  • Peziza perlata Fr. (1822)
  • Discina perlata (Fr.) Fr. (1849)
  • Peziza repanda var. perlata (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
  • Gyromitra perlata (Fr.) Harmaja (1969)
Discina ancilis
Mycological characteristics
Smooth hymenium
Cap is umbilicate
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended or edible

Discina ancilis, commonly known as pig's ears is a brown to tannish, wrinkled, cup- or ear-shaped fungus, sometimes with short, stout stalk.

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