Plicaria endocarpoides 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 brownish-coloured cups up to 6 cm in diameter, usually in groups. The caps usually flatten with age.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Plicaria endocarpoides 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
- Legaliana badia
- Phylloscypha phyllogena
- Otidea bufonia
- Paragalactinia succosella
- Smardaea planchonis
- Dissingia leucomelaena
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pezizaceae
- Genus
- Plicaria
- Species
- Plicaria endocarpoides
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