Orange peel fungus
Aleuria aurantia
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Aleuria aurantia
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Pyronemataceae
- Under the cap
- Smooth
- Cap
- No cap
- Stem
- No stem
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Autumn
- Habitat
- Meadow, Gardens
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its Latin name aurantia means orange-coloured, like the peel of an orange.
- It often grows on bare, disturbed ground such as gravel paths and roadsides, where few other fungi appear.
Could you guess it from clues?
WildGuessr picks a secret animal, plant, fungus, stone, prehistoric creature or space object and you ask yes-or-no questions about it, such as its group or where it grows. The fewer clues you need, the more points you score.
Similar fungi
- Summer truffle
Tuber aestivum
- Black truffle
Tuber melanosporum
- False morel
Gyromitra esculenta
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1251715 · All fungi · All entries