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Fungi: Ascomycota: Pezizomycetes: Pezizales: Pyronemataceae: Humaria hemisphaerica (F. H. Wigg.) Fuckel, 1870

Humaria hemisphaerica – Glazed cup

Synonyms: Lachnea hemisphaerica, Mycolachnea hemisphaerica, Peziza hemisphaerica, Peziza hispida, Peziza replicata, Scutellinia hemisphaerica, Sepultaria hemisphaerica.

Common name: glazed cup.

Russian name: Gumariya polusharovidnaya.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Humaria hemisphaerica, commonly known as the hairy fairy cup or the brown-haired fairy cup, is a species of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. This mycorrhizal fungus is recognized by its white inner surface and hairy brown outer surface. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word hemisphaericum, meaning half a sphere.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Hairy fairy cup mushroom (<B>Humaria hemisphaerica</B>) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-03.htm">September 3, 2017</A>
LinkHairy fairy cup mushroom (Humaria hemisphaerica) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188663
Brown-haired fairy cup mushroom (<B>Humaria hemisphaerica</B>) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-03.htm">September 3, 2017</A>
LinkBrown-haired fairy cup mushroom (Humaria hemisphaerica) near Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188663
Hairy fairy cup mushroom (<B>Humaria hemisphaerica</B>) on a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-04.htm">September 4, 2017</A>
LinkHairy fairy cup mushroom (Humaria hemisphaerica) on a rotten oak stump in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2017
Location on mapsDoroga Na Aleksandrovku, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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