Otidea leporina

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Otidea leporina
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Scientific classification
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Fungi
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O. leporina
Binomial name
Otidea leporina
(Batsch) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helvella auricula Schaeff. (1774)
  • Peziza leporina Batsch (1783)
  • Scodellina leporina (Batsch) Gray (1821)
  • Scodellina auricula (Schaeff.) Seaver (1928)
  • Helvella leporina (Batsch) Franchi, L.Lami & M.Marchetti (1999)

Otidea leporina is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It was given its current name by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.[2] It contains toxins which may cause serious gastric upset.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Otidea leporina (Batsch) Fuckel 1870". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ Fuckel L. (1870). "Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der rheinischen Pilze". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 23–24: 329.
  3. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

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