Pezizaceae
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pezizaceae-293-15704416
title:
Pezizaceae
text:
The Pezizaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of the fruit body (ascoma). The cup shape typically serves to focus raindrops into splashing spores out of the cup. Additionally, the curvature enables wind currents to blow the spores out in a different manner than in most agarics and boletes. Cup fungi grow in peculiar shapes, frequently resembling cups or saucers. For example, the ora
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of fungi
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pezizaceae
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date modified:
2024-01-07T03:54:50Z
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