Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Pyronemataceae
Species: Otidea cochleata (L.) Fuckel
Synonyms: Otidea umbrina
Peziza cochleata
Peziza cochleata var. umbrina
Peziza umbrina
Scodellina umbrina
Common Name: Brown Ear


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Otidea cochleata

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (3)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
September (1)
October (2)
November (1)