Pseudoplectania nigrella, commonly known as the ebony cup, the black false plectania, or the hairy black cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae. The fruit bodies of this saprobic fungus are small blackish cups, typically up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) broad.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ebony cup being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Plectania milleri
- Pseudoplectania melaena
- Donadinia nigrella
- Plectania rhytidia
- Urnula campylospora
- Helvella corium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Sarcosomataceae
- Genus
- Pseudoplectania
- Species
- Pseudoplectania nigrella
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