Aleuria aurantia

Orange peel fungus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Aleuria
Species:
A. aurantia
Binomial name
Aleuria aurantia
(Pers.) Fuckel, 1870
Synonyms
  • Peziza aurantia Pers. 1800
  • Scodellina aurantia (Pers.) Gray
Aleuria aurantia
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus) is a widespread ascomycete fungus in the order Pezizales. The bright orange, cup-shaped ascocarps often resemble orange peels strewn on the ground,[1] giving this species its common name.

  1. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 285–286. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.