Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Pezizaceae
Species: Peziza ammophila Durieu & Lév.
Synonyms: Geopyxis ammophila
Common Name: Dune Cup


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Peziza ammophilaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
In foredunes on bare sand
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ammophila arenaria (3)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Coastland: fore dunes (2)
Sand-dune: open dune (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Sand (4)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
July (3)
October (1)