Scutellinia olivascens is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. The species was described in 1876 by Mordecai Cooke as Peziza olivascens, but Otto Kuntze revised the genus to Scutellinia in 1891.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Scutellinia olivascens 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
- Scutellinia pennsylvanica
- Scutellinia subhirtella
- Scutellinia umbrorum
- Scutellinia colensoi
- Scutellinia trechispora
- Scutellinia vitreola
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pyronemataceae
- Genus
- Scutellinia
- Species
- Scutellinia olivascens
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