{{Short description|Species of fungus}} {{Speciesbox | image = Peziza repanda.JPG | image_caption = | genus = Peziza | species = varia | authority = Hedw. (1789) | synonyms = ''Peziza repanda'' <small>Pers. (1808)</small><br /> ''Peziza cerea'' <small>Bull. (1781)</small><br /> ''Peziza micropus'' <small>Pers. (1800)</small> }} {{ mycomorphbox | name = Peziza varia | hymeniumType = smooth | capShape = NA | whichGills = NA | stipeCharacter = NA | sporePrintColor = white | sporePrintColor2= cream | ecologicalType = saprotrophic | howEdible = inedible }} '''''Peziza varia''''', commonly known as the '''spreading brown cup fungus''',<ref name=Arora1986>{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |author-link=David Arora |title=Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/821/mode/2up |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-170-1 |location=Berkeley, California |year=1986 |orig-date=1979 |edition=2nd |pages=821–22}}</ref> '''Palomino cup''' or '''recurved cup''', is a species of fungus in the genus ''Peziza'', family Pezizaceae.
==Description==
''Peziza varia'' can be identified by its growth on rotted wood or wood chips, its brown upper surface (at maturity) that is usually somewhat wrinkled near the center; a whitish and minutely fuzzy under surface; a round, cuplike shape when young, and a flattened-irregular shape when mature; attachment to the wood under the center of the mushroom, rather than under the whole cup; thin, brittle flesh (rather than thick and gelatinous) and smooth, elliptical spores that lack oil droplets.<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.mushroomexpert.com/peziza_repanda.html Mushroom Expert website]</ref>
The cup at first is pale brown or whitish overall, the under surface minutely fuzzy and the upper surface smoother, with a tiny stem-like structure. In maturity it is flattened-irregular or bent backwards, 2–12 cm across,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Davis|first1=R. Michael|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=399–400|oclc=797915861}}</ref> the margin often splitting, upper surface brown and smooth, often "pinched" or somewhat wrinkled over the center, under surface whitish and minutely fuzzy, attached to the substrate centrally, without a stem. It has no odor. The flesh is brownish or pale, and brittle.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
''Peziza'' means a sort of mushroom without a root or stalk.<ref>[http://www.herbarium.iastate.edu/fungi/fungispecies.php?sp=Peziza+repanda+Persoon Fungus species website]</ref>
Microscopic features: Spores 11–16 x 6–10 μm; smooth; elliptical; without oil droplets. Asci eight-spored; up to 225 x 15 μm.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
=== Similar species === Similar species include ''Peziza arvernensis'', ''P. domiciliana'', ''P. vesiculosa'', and ''P. violacea''.<ref name=":0" />
''Peziza repanda'', ''Peziza cerea'' and ''Peziza micropus'' are synonyms.<ref name="Mycological Research pp. 879–902">{{cite journal | title=Phylogenetic diversity in the core group of Peziza inferred from ITS sequences and morphology | journal=Mycological Research | year=2002 | volume=106 | issue=8 | issn=0953-7562 | doi=10.1017/S0953756202006287 | pages=879–902 | url=https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/1/3153301/1/Pfister_PhylogeneticDiversityCore.pdf | access-date=2021-12-13| last1=Hansen | first1=Karen | last2=Læssøe | first2=Thomas | last3=Pfister | first3=Donald H. | s2cid=54010289 }}</ref>
== Distribution == [[File:Peziza repanda Dean Castle.JPG|thumb|Palamino Cup fungus in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.]]
''Peziza varia'' is widely distributed throughout America and Europe.
== Ecology == Well decayed logs may sport the Palomino cup fungus, which is saprobic, usually on the wood of hardwoods. Soil rich in decayed wood and occasionally that which is covered with wood chips may support Palomino cup; growing alone, gregariously, or in clusters. This member of the cup fungi is commonly found in colder weather (spring and autumn in temperate regions), but sometimes appearing in summer.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
==Edibility== ''Peziza varia'' is nonpoisonous<ref name="Miller 2006">{{cite book|last1=Miller Jr.|first1=Orson K.|title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi|last2=Miller|first2=Hope H.|publisher=FalconGuides|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=538|author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}}</ref> but inedible.<ref>[http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6591.asp Roger Philip's Mushrooms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708202452/http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6591.asp |date=2008-07-08 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://mushroommovies.blogspot.com/2008/05/peziza-fungus.html Spore release] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120214161214/http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/showimage.php?i=9742&c= Wild about Britain] *{{Wikispecies-inline|Pezizaceae}}
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Category:Pezizaceae Category:Fungi described in 1789 Category:Fungi of North America Category:Fungi of Europe Category:Inedible fungi Category:Fungus species