I have loved mushrooms since childhood, and I have also been a programmer for a long time. Combining these two hobbies, I wrote this website. Previously, I had two other mushroom identification sites, which I sold. Only one of them remains accessible today. My goal with the current site is to create an easy-to-use search and identification platform that works great both in the field and at home. I hope it brings joy to others.
Bartha László
Species flashcards
Practice area: created for the 303-species Hungarian mushroom inspector requirement. It is not an official examination; requirements in other countries may differ.
Orange Peel Fungus
Aleuria aurantia
edible
- Habitat: deciduous coniferous
- Fruiting season: June – October
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Description
Description: Striking orange-colored other hymenium mushroom. The hymenium covers the inner surface of the small cup.
Fruiting body: 2-6 cm in diameter; regularly cup-shaped when young, later irregularly shaped, compressed, flat; margin wavy, lobed; outer side light orange, surface floury, powdery, granular; inner side bright orange-red, reddish-yellow, sometimes saffron-yellow, surface smooth.
Hymenium: Located on the smooth, brighter-colored inner side of the fruiting body.
Flesh: Thin, brittle, waxy; whitish; no particular smell and taste.
Spore: White; 17-24 x 9-11μm; reticulated surface, elliptical shape, usually with 2 small oil droplets inside.
Occurrence: From June to October, along forest roads, woodpiles, park soils, mostly growing in groups, not rare species.
Edibility: Edible, but not substantial. Smell and taste not characteristic.
Confusion: Similar to the edible scarlet elf cup, but it is a late winter, early spring species, always growing on rotting wood and is red.
Note: aurantia means - gold, referring to the color of the mushrooms. Its appearance resembles an orange peel much more, and it is quite attractive, yet not particularly valuable for culinary purposes.
Species description: In 1799, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon described this species and named it Peziza aurantia. The German Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel (1821-1876) mycologist in 1870 placed it in the Aleuria genus and gave it the scientific name Aleuria aurantia, which is still accepted.
Taxonomy
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassPezizomycetes
- OrderPezizales
- FamilyPyronemataceae
- GenusAleuria
- Species: aurantia
- Described by: (Pers.) Fuckel 1870
- Hungarian name: narancsvörös csészegomba
- Lifestyle: saprotroph
- Edibility: edible
