Peziza fimeti

Peziza fimeti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pezizaceae
Genus:	Peziza
Species:	P. fimeti
Binomial name
Peziza fimeti (Fuckel) E.C.Hansen (1876)
Synonyms[1]
Humaria fimeti Fuckel (1871) Peziza bovina W.Phillips (1887) Humaria bovina (W.Phillips) Sacc. (1889)) Plicaria fimeti (Fuckel) Rehm (1894) Aleuria bovina (W.Phillips) Boud. (1907) Aleuria fimeti (Fuckel) Boud. (1907) Galactinia fimeti (Fuckel) Svrček & Kubička (1961)[2]

Peziza fimeti is a species of ascomycete fungus belonging to the family Pezizaceae. Found in Europe and North America, the fungus grows on cow dung. It produces small, light brown, cup-shaped fruit bodies up to 2 cm (0.8 in) in diameter. The asci (spore-producing cells) are cylindrical (or nearly so), with dimensions of up to 280 μm long and 18 μm in diameter. The spores are ellipsoid and measure 8 by 16 μm.^[3]