Disciotis venosa (Pers.) Arnould
(Bleach Cup)

Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDisciotis venosa (Bleach Cup)
FamilyMORCHELLACEAE (morels)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2000 Fungal Portraits, No. 4: Disciotis venosa Field Mycology Vol 1 (4): 111-112.

Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, R.P. 1980 Observations on Sarcoscypha coccinea and Disciotis venosa in North Wales during 1978-1979 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 14 (2): 130-135.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of Disciotis venosa (Bleach Cup)

A large and distinctive cup fungus which can be found commonly on calcareous substrates in the spring. The rather fragile fungus is pale buff on the outside and a rich brown inside, with a distinctive smell of chlorine bleach. It is more closely related to the morels than to Peziza.

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