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What might this be?


angela

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Last year was a very, very poor year for mushrooms for me.  i only found a few chanterelles, a couple small chickens of the wood, 13 morels, a few oyster mushrooms,  a dozen or so boletes I wanted, and a large handful of wood ears.  I'm starting with that so you see why I'm bothering you with this strange mushroom.  It's the only interesting mushroom I've seen in a while. It's about an inch or so tall.  I found it growing (in Central Virginia today) in a mock raised bed garden covered in plastic so I can try to grow radishes and arugula in the winter.  It seems to be growing in the ground, but the ground could include wood chips in the garden soil I purchased, pine needles, chicken poop, and miscellaneous compost.  Each "cup," all clustered together, is about an inch tall.  Any thoughts on what it might be?

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Probably a species of Peziza, a type of "Cup Fungus". Maybe P. varia (aka. P repanda), a species that grows on woody debris or wood chips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peziza_repanda .   Peziza fruit bodies generally require microscopy to narrow down to species. Spore size/ornamentation are important features. 

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Dave W. and Johny,

Thank you for your identification of and comments about my mystery fungus.  Peziza sure looks correct to me.  It's been fun finding something new to me after so few mushrooms this year.

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