Aleuria aurantia
| Orange peel fungus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Aleuria |
| Species: | A. aurantia
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| Binomial name | |
| Aleuria aurantia | |
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| Aleuria aurantia saprotrophic | |
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 | 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.
Taxonomy
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon described the orange peel as Peziza aurantia in 1800. The specific epithet is the Latin word aurantia "orange". Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel placed it the genus Aleuria in 1870.
Description
The orange
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Growing in Hamburg, Germany
Similar species
Similar species include
Distribution and habitat
The orange peel fungus grows throughout North America, from November to March in the West and May to November in the East.[2] It can also be found in south Chile and in Europe. It fruits mainly on bare clay or disturbed soil.
Uses
It is generally regarded as edible,[4] though difficult to collect intact[1] and not necessarily choice.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ OCLC 797915861.
- ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
Further reading
- Nilsson, S. & Persson, O. 1977. Fungi of Northern Europe 1: Larger Fungi (Excluding Gill Fungi). Penguin Books.
- Yao, Y.-J., and B. M. Spooner. 1995. Notes on British taxa referred to Aleuria. Mycological Research 99:1515-1518.
- Seaver, F. J. 1914. North American species of Aleuria and Aleurina. Mycologia 6:273-278.
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