Plicaria endocarpoides (Berkeley) Rifai
Verh. K. ned. Akad. Wet., Afd. Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks 57(3): 255. 1968.

Common Name: none

Synonym: Peziza endocarpoides Berk. in Hooker

• Description

  For description see Seaver (as Lamprospora leiocarpa) & Beug et al.

• Habitat

  Solitary to gregarious or clustered on burned soil; fairly common, fruiting in spring, widely distributed.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Plicaria endocarpoides can be distinguished by a smooth to wrinkled, dark brown hymenium, smooth to warty roughened, paler brown external surface, and smooth, globose spores. It is most likely to be confused with Peziza species, but they have ellipsoid spores.

• References

  Beug, M.W., Bessette, A.E. & Bessette, A.R. (2014). Ascomycete Fungi of North America. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX. 488 p.
  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Hooker, J.D. (1855). Botany of the Antarctic Voyage. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless Plants. Lovell Reeve: London. 378 p. (Protologue)
  Seaver, F.J. (1978). The North American Cup-Fungi (Operculates). Lubrecht & Cramer: Moncticello, N.Y. 377 p. (PDF)

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Michael Wood: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP) — top
  • Michael Wood: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP) — bottom
  • Michael Wood: Peziza & Plicaria (CP) — Comparison of Peziza violacea and Plicaria endocarpoides
  • Alan Rockefeller: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • iNaturalist: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Plicaria endocarpoides (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 820 (D & P)
  • Tylutki (1979): p. 58 (D & P)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)