Otidea leporina

Kingdom:Fungi

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Pezizomycetes

Order:Pezizales

Otidea leporina
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Otidea
Species:	O. leporina
Binomial name
Otidea leporina (Batsch) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms[2]
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.^[3] It contains toxins which may cause serious gastric upset.^[4]