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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Joanna Savage on March 01, 2015, 12:02:48 PM

Title: Fungus ID'd by Fleur as Helvella leucomelaena or White-footed Elf Cup
Post by: Joanna Savage on March 01, 2015, 12:02:48 PM

I am guessing that this is a fungus. Any help welcome.

Title: Re: Fungus? ID'd by Fleur as Helvella leucomelaena or White-footed Elf Cup
Post by: JTh on March 01, 2015, 02:54:15 PM

Looks like it belongs to the order Pezizales, maybe in the genus Peziza, many of these are saprophytic fungi growing on rotting wood. They are shaped like cups and have no stalk.

Title: Re: Fungus?
Post by: Fleur Pavlidis on March 03, 2015, 09:33:10 PM

This is Helvella leucomelaena with the fancy common name of White-footed Elf Cup. Photo taken by Stavros Apostolou on Mt hymettos.