Discina ancilis
Discina ancilis, commonly known as pig's ears is a brown to tannish, wrinkled, cup- or ear-shaped fungus, sometimes with short, stout stalk. The spores of D. ancilis are quite similar to those of mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra, so that some mycologists classify it there.
| Discina ancilis | |
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| Fruit bodies found in eastern Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou Co., California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Discinaceae |
| Genus: | Discina |
| Species: | D. ancilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Discina ancilis (Pers.) Sacc. (1889) | |
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| Discina ancilis Mycological characteristics | |
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| Smooth hymenium | |
| Cap is umbilicate | |
| Hymenium is decurrent | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is not recommended or edible | |
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