Aleuria aurantia (Pers.) Fuckel
(Orange Peel Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)
Genus	Aleuria (a genus of cup fungi)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aleuria aurantia is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus) :
1: Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)
22 Oct 2014	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
roadside grass verge, under pine

2: Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)
30 Nov 1986	OSGR: SU26	51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England


3: Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)
16 Oct 1976	OSGR: SU94	51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England
in heathy grass

4: Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)
28 Oct 1969	OSGR: TG10	52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E	Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27)	England
on lawn

Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Aleuria
(a genus of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus)

A large cup fungus with a bright orange hymenium which, from a distance, looks like discarded orange peel. It is a common autumn fungus of bare ground in woods and among grass in lawns and road verges.

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