''Disciotis'' is a

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in the

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Morchellaceae The Morchellaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. According to a standard reference work, the family has contained at least 49 species distributed among four genera. However, in 2012, five genera that produce ascoma tha ...

. Members of this family, characterized by their cup- or bowl-shaped

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, have a widespread distribution, especially in northern

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regions.

Description

''Disciotis'' has a cupulate (cup-shaped) pileus with vein-like hymenial folds and a small to non-existent stipe.

Species

The

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is ''Disciotis venosa'', originally described as ''Peziza venosa'' by

Christian Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycology, mycological Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in Cape Colony at ...

in 1801. Other species described in the genus include: *''Disciotis ferruginascens'' Boud. ( *''Disciotis maturescens'' Boud. (1891) *''Disciotis rufescens'' R. Heim (1934) It has been suggested that these species (and variants not listed above) all represent a single, morphologically variable species.Korf RP. (1972). Synoptic Key to the Genera of the Pezizales. ''

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'' 64(5): 937–94. There is confusion about the names but the genus also includes these species: * Disciotis venosa

References

External links

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1815148 Morchellaceae Pezizales genera Taxa named by Jean Louis Émile Boudier Taxa described in 1885