Basement pepper (Peziza cerea)
- Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Subdivision: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
- Class: Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
- Subclass: Pezizomycetidae (Pezizomycetes)
- Order: Pezizales (Pezizales)
- Family: Pezizaceae (Pezitsaceae)
- Genus: Peziza (Petsitsa)
- Type: Peziza cerea (Basement Peziza)
:
- Cervical pustular
- Aleuria was asking
- Galactinia vesiculosa f. wax
- Galactinia ceria
- Macroscyphus cereus
Fruit body: 1-3 centimeters in diameter (some sources indicate up to 5, and even up to 7 cm), when young, spherical, cup-shaped, then opens to saucer-shaped, may be slightly flattened or sinuous laterally. The edge is thin, uneven, sometimes curved. Sitting, the leg is practically absent.
The inner side (hymenium) is smooth, shiny, yellowish brownish, grayish brownish. The outer side is whitish-beige, waxy, fine-grained.
Pulp: thin, brittle, white or brownish.
Smell: dampness or weak mushroom.
spore powder white or yellowish.
Споры smooth, ellipsoid, 14-17*8-10 microns.
It grows year-round in damp places – basements, on plant debris and manure, can grow on boards and plywood. Cosmopolitan.
The mushroom is considered inedible.
Bubble pepper (Peziza vesiculosa), slightly larger, is considered conditionally edible.
Photo: Vitaly Humeniuk