Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales	Family: Pyronemataceae
Species: Cheilymenia stercorea (Pers.) Boud.

Synonyms:

Lachnea stercorea Patella stercorea Peziza scutellata Peziza stercorea

Common Name:

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Photographer: © Roy Anderson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Bos domestic (17) Ovis domestic (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (3) Montane heath/dwarf forb (3) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (2) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Flush and spring: basic (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Scrub: scattered, neutral (1) Sump alderwoods (1) Woodland (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dung (19)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (9) February (3) March (4) April (2) August (1) September (2) October (3) November (3) December (3)