Otidea leporina

 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.[2] It contains toxins which may cause serious gastric upset.[3]

Otidea leporina
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Pyronemataceae
Genus:
Otidea
Species:
O. leporina
Binomial name
Otidea leporina
(Batsch) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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)

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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