Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales	Family: Pyronemataceae
Species: Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) Fuckel

Synonyms:

Helvella coccinea Otidea aurantia Peziza aurantia Peziza aurantia var. stipitata Peziza coccinea Scodellina aurantia

Common Name:

Orange Peel Fungus

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (5) Larix (3) Carex (2) Quercus robur (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (7) Bare ground (3) Cultivated/disturbed land (2) Scrub: dense/continuous, basic/calcareous (2) Woodland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Acid grassland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (17) Soil Grassy (5) Stony (5) Soil bare (2) Soil Mossy (2) Stump (2) Dead leaf (1) Moss (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) February (1) March (3) May (1) August (4) September (22) October (34) November (7) December (1)