Gyromitra olympiana

Gyromitra olympiana

Features include a fruit body that is shallowly cup-shaped to disc-shaped or reflexed; upper surface that is yellow-brown to brown or red-brown when old, sometimes with olive tints; cream to pallid underside; stem lacking to rudimentary; growth on soil or duff in spring
Pig's ear  Discina perlata,Discina perlata(Fr.) ex Fr.,Geotagged,Gomphus clavatus,Gyromitra olympiana,Pig's Ears,Spring,United States

Appearance

.9-5cm across, 1-1.5cm high deeply to shallowly cup- shaped to disc-shaped or reflexed, margin enrolled at first and rarely splitting when old; spore bearing upper surface pale to dark yellow brown to brown or red brown in age, sometimes with olivaceous tints, dark brown when dried; smooth to undulate-rugose

Naming

Discina aciculata
Discina olympiana
Gyromitra apiculata
Paradiscina olympiana

Habitat

soil or diff in coniferous forests or mixed woods in spring

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionAscomycota
ClassPezizomycetes
OrderPezizales
FamilyDiscinaceae
GenusGyromitra
SpeciesGyromitra olympiana