Family: Pyronemataceae

Fungi:> Ascomycota:> Ascomycetes:> Pezizomycetidae:> Pezizales:> Pyronemataceae:> Coprobia, Paurocotylis, Scutellinia, Leucoscypha.

This is a large family, many of which are soil inhabiting species. In shape they are either cup-shaped or ear-shaped, and often brightly coloured. It's the spore-sac structure which separates this family from other cup fungi.

Genus: Aleurina

Genus: Coprobia

Aleurina magnicellula

Coprobia granulata

Genus: Paurocotylis

Genus: Scutellinia

Paurocotylis pila

Scutellinia colensoi

Genus: Leucoscypha

Leucoscypha sp.

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