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Fungi: Ascomycota: Pezizomycetes: Pezizales: Pezizaceae: Plicaria carbonaria Fuckel

Plicaria carbonaria

Synonyms: Barlaea anthracina, Barlaeina anthracina, Bulgaria carbonaria, Galactinia muricata, Peziza anthracina, Plicaria anthracina, Plicaria muricata, Plicaria trachycarpa.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Plicaria carbonaria is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae. This is a common European fungus of burnt ground, appearing from spring to autumn as dark brown to black cups up to 3 cm in diameter.

Swedish: Taggsporig svedjeskål.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Small cup fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2022-08-31.htm">August 31, 2022</A>
LinkSmall cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Ascomycete fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2022-08-31.htm">August 31, 2022</A>
LinkAscomycete fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Small brown cup of fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2022-08-31.htm">August 31, 2022</A>
LinkSmall brown cup of fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Close-up of small cup fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2022-08-31.htm">August 31, 2022</A>
LinkClose-up of small cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria on a bonfire place on a sandy bottom of a dried creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Location on mapsLone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Tissues of cup fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> under a microscope with x40 objective, collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
LinkTissues of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope with x40 objective, collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Spores of cup fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
LinkSpores of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria under a microscope at low magnification collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Round spores with coarse, blunt, wart-like spines of cup fungus <B>Plicaria carbonaria</B> collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
LinkRound spores with coarse, blunt, wart-like spines of cup fungus Plicaria carbonaria collected near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2022
Measurement of sporesSpore size 12.9 - 13.9 × 12.7 - 13.6 µm, length to width ratio Q = 1.

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