cup fungus

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cup fungus¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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It is the active principle of the most deadly of all mushrooms, the Amanita phalloides, or death-cup fungus.

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