Disciotis is a genus of fungi in the family Morchellaceae. Members of this family, characterized by their cup- or bowl-shaped apothecia, have a widespread distribution, especially in northern temperate regions.
Description
Disciotis has a cupulate (cup-shaped) pileus with vein-like hymenial folds and a small to non-existent stipe.Bunyard BA, Nicholson MS, Royse DJ. (1995). Phylogenetic resolution of Morchella, Verpa, and Disciotis (Pezizales: Morchellaceae) based on restriction enzyme analysis of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene. Experimental Mycology 19 (3): 223–33.
Species The type species is Disciotis venosa, originally described as Peziza venosa by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1801. Other species described in the genus include:
Disciotis ferruginascens Boud. Disciotis maturescens Boud. (1891) Disciotis rufescens R. Heim (1934)
It has been suggested that these species (and variants not listed above) all represent a single, morphologically variable species.Korf RP. (1972). Synoptic Key to the Genera of the Pezizales. Mycologia 64(5): 937–94.
There is confusion about the names but the genus also includes: Disciotis venosa
References
External links Disciotis at Index Fungorum