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Peziza violacea – Violet cup fungus

Synonyms: Aleuria violacea, Galactinia violacea, Humaria violacea, Peziza praetervisa, Plicaria violacea.

Common name: violet cup fungus.

Russian name: Petsitsa fioletovaya.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Peziza violacea, commonly known as the violet fairy cup or the violet cup fungus, is a species of fungus in the genus Peziza of the family Pezizaceae. As both it common names and specific epithet suggest, the cup-shaped fruiting bodies are violet colored on the interior surface. P. violacea is typically found growing on burnt soil.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on the site of old bonfire in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 1, 2017
ul. gruntovaya, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burnt soil in a forest near Okhta River in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 1, 2017
ul. gruntovaya, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on a site of old bonfire in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 8, 2017
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on charred wood in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 8, 2017
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burnt site in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 8, 2017
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on charred wood of a bonfire near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Unnamed Road, Vaskelovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188731

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on a wet bonfire site near a lake near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Unnamed Road, Vaskelovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188731

Violet fairy cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on a bonfire site near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Unnamed Road, Vaskelovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188731

Stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) and violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) together with violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burned ground in a spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) together with violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) and Myxomphalia maura in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Closely spaced stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) and violet cup mushrooms (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup (Geopyxis carbonaria) and violet cup mushrooms (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) between them in a burned spruce forest in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup mushrooms (Geopyxis carbonaria) and violet cup (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on spruce needles on a charred forest floor in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup mushrooms (Geopyxis carbonaria) together with Peziza violacea on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Dense cluster of stalked bonfire cup mushrooms (Geopyxis carbonaria) together with Peziza violacea on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Stalked bonfire cup mushrooms (Geopyxis carbonaria) together with Myxomphalia maura and Peziza violacea on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) and Myxomphalia maura on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Underside of violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Flattened violet cups of a bonfire fungus Peziza violacea on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Close-up of violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

Discolored violet cup fungus (Peziza violacea, also known as P. subviolacea, P. tenacella) on burned forest floor with fallen spruce needles in Zakhodskoe (Lounatjoki), 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2021
Unnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

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