Description:
cup fungus
Fruiting Body: sessile apothecium up to 5 mm. Spores: ascospores 19-22 x 11-15 µm, ellipsoid, warted, purplish-brown.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: small dark brown pulvinulate fruiting bodies on burned ground

Diagnostic microscopic feature: asci protrude above the hymenium; spores are purple

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on burned soil

Fruiting Season: spring, summer