cup fungus

American  

noun

1. any small, often brightly colored mushroom of the family Pezizaceae, characterized by a fruiting body resembling a cup.

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Etymology

Origin of cup fungus

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Here’s the structure of a typical cup fungus, like the orange cups on the cow pie.

From Scientific American

It is a very common and conspicuous Ascomycetous, or cup fungus, growing in clusters on rotten sticks that lie in moist places.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the name of lichens are comprised a large number of fungi, differing a good deal in structure, but most of them not unlike the cup fungi.

From Project Gutenberg

Where the sacs soon become free, no special covering, mostly fleshy, cup-like fungi, Peziza, cup fungus.

From Project Gutenberg

This cup fungus produces a crop of spores capable of causing infection.

From Project Gutenberg