Otidea leporina

Otidea leporina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Otidea
Species:	O. leporina
Binomial name
Otidea leporina (Batsch) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms
Helvella auricula Schaeff. (1774) Peziza leporina Batsch (1783) Scodellina leporina (Batsch) Gray (1821) Scodellina auricula (Schaeff.) Seaver (1928) Helvella leporina (Batsch) Franchi, L.Lami & M.Marchetti (1999)

Otidea leporina is a species of fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. It was given its current name by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870. It contains toxins which may cause serious gastric upset.

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• Otidea leporina in Index Fungorum