Peziza vesiculosa Bull.
(Blistered Cup)

Interactions where Peziza vesiculosa is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Oedocephalum anamorph		colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup			colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph		colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Lepus	hares	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup			colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Lepus/	Lepus	hares			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph		colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup			colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
Oedocephalum anamorph		colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup			colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung
apothecium (often clustered)		often clustered apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of esp. straw mixed dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup		often clustered		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores		esp. straw mixed	dung
Oedocephalum anamorph		colony of Oedocephalum anamorph is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Peziza vesiculosa/	Peziza vesiculosa	blistered cup			colony	Oedocephalum anamorph	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup)
Genus	Peziza (a genus of cup fungi)
Family	PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peziza vesiculosa is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Peziza)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup)

Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peziza
(a genus of cup fungi)

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peziza vesiculosa (Blistered Cup):

Peziza
(a genus of cup fungi)

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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