Otidea leporina

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Otidea leporina
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O. leporina
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Otidea leporina
(Batsch) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms [1]
  • Helvella auricula Schaeff. (1774)
  • Peziza leporinaBatsch (1783)
  • Scodellina leporina(Batsch) Gray (1821)
  • Scodellina auricula(Schaeff.) Seaver (1928)
  • Helvella leporina(Batsch) Franchi, L.Lami & M.Marchetti (1999)

Otidea leporina is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It was given its current name by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870. [2] It contains toxins which may cause serious gastric upset. [3]

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References

  1. "Otidea leporina (Batsch) Fuckel 1870". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. Fuckel L. (1870). "Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der rheinischen Pilze". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 23–24: 329.
  3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 532. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.