Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Ascobolaceae
Species: Ascobolus stercorarius (Bull.) J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Ascobolus aerugineus
Ascobolus furfuraceus
Peziza fusca
Peziza stercoraria
Peziza violacea
Common Name:


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Ascobolus stercorarius

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bos domestic (7)
Oryctolagus cuniculus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Montane heath/dwarf forb (3)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1)
Other habitat (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dung (10)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (4)
March (2)
April (2)
September (2)
October (2)
November (1)
December (2)