Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales	Family: Pyronemataceae
Species: Octospora humosa (Fr.) Dennis

Synonyms:

Gweflau Poethion Helvella cartilaginea Hotlips Humaria humosa Humaria ignea Humaria leucolomoides Peziza cartilaginea Peziza humosa

Common Name:

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Polytrichum piliferum (2) Campylopus subulatus (2) Ceratodon purpureus (2) Pogonatum urnigerum (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Montane heath/dwarf forb (4) Heathland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Sand-dune: dune heath (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (2) Soil Mossy (2)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) November (6) December (1)