Otidea concinna

Otidea concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Otidea
Species:	O. concinna
Binomial name
Otidea concinna (Pers.) Sacc. (1889)
Synonyms[1]
Helvella scutellata Schaeff. (1774) Peziza cerea Bull. (1781) Peziza flavescens Pers. (1800) Peziza concinna Pers. (1822)

Otidea concinna is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This rather uncommon European species appears from late summer to autumn as vivid yellow elongated "ears" in small groups in woodland and parkland.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Otidea concinna (Pers.) Sacc. 1889". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=176404. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 
2. ^ Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7112-2379-0.