Sowerbyella radiculata

Sowerbyella radiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Sowerbyella
Species: S. radiculata
Binomial name
Sowerbyella radiculata
Sowerby, 1797

Sowerbyella radiculata is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. The typical form appears as yellowish cups up to 5 cm in diameter usually on soil close to coniferous trees. A distinctive form, var. kewensis, is usually larger (up to 10 cm across) and often associated with broad-leaved trees. This is an uncommon European species.

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