Peziza violacea Pers.
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPeziza violacea (a discomycete)
GenusPeziza (a genus of cup fungi)
FamilyPEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Peziza violacea (a discomycete) :
1: Peziza violacea (a discomycete)
15 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
dark violaceous-brown apothecia on old fire-ste
Image 1: Apothecia - top viewImage 2: Apothecia - top view (2)Image 3: Apothecia - top view (3)Image 4: Apothecium - top viewImage 5: Apothecium - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Apothecium - side view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 8: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (2)Image 9: Asci, paraphyses and ascospores - magnifiedImage 10: Asci, paraphyses and ascospores - magnified (2)Image 11: Asci, paraphyses and ascospores - magnified (3)Image 12: Asci, paraphyses and ascospores - magnified (4)Image 13: Ascospore ornamentation in cotton blue - highly magnifiedImage 14: Ascospores - in ascus - mature - highly magnifiedImage 15: Ascospores - in ascus - mature - highly magnified (2)Image 16: Ascospores in ascus - surface ornamentation - highly magnifiedImage 17: Ascospores in ascus - surface ornamentation - highly magnified (2)Image 18: Ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 19: Ascospores - highly magnified (2)Image 20: Ascus and paraphysis tips - highly magnifiedImage 21: Ascus bases - highly magnifiedImage 22: Ascus tips and ascospore ornamentation - highly magnifiedImage 23: Ascus tips and ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 24: Ascus tips and ascospores - highly magnified (2)Image 25: Ascus tips and ascospores - highly magnified (3)
2: Peziza violacea (a discomycete)
23 Nov 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
violet cup fungus on fire site
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - close-upImage 3: Fruitbody - top view - in situ - close-upImage 4: Fruitbody - side view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Asci and paraphyses in hymenium - magnifiedImage 6: Asci and paraphyses in hymenium - magnified (2)Image 7: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 8: Asci and paraphyses - tips - magnifiedImage 9: Asci and paraphysis tips - magnifiedImage 10: Asci and paraphysis tips - highly magnifiedImage 11: Asci in squash prep - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Asci in squash prep - microscope low magnification (2)Image 13: Ascospore - highly magnifiedImage 14: Ascospore - highly magnified (2)Image 15: Ascus tips and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 16: Ascus tips - highly magnified
3: Peziza violacea (a discomycete)
25 May 1979 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on bonfire site
Image 1: Asci and paraphysesImage 2: Fruitbody - oblique viewImage 3: Fruitbody - side view
4: Peziza violacea (a discomycete)
16 Oct 1976 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on burnt ground
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: Fruitbodies (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - close-upImage 5: Asci - magnified
5: Peziza violacea (a discomycete) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
26 May 1974 OSGR: SE21 53° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
on bonfire site
Image 1: Fruitbodies - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - close-up (2)

Peziza violacea (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peziza violacea (a discomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Peziza violacea (a discomycete)

There are two dark purple-brown cup fungi on fire sites.

Peziza praetervisa sensu Dennis (the commoner one, with rough spores and two oil drops) is now called P. violacea.

Dennis’s P. violacea (the rarer one, with smooth, eguttulate spores) is now P. pseudoviolacea Dondani

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