Definition of Peziza coccinea

1. Noun. A scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp.

Exact synonyms: Blood Cup, Fairy Cup
Generic synonyms: Cup Fungus, Discomycete
Group relationships: Genus Peziza, Peziza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peziza Coccinea

Petteria ramentacea
Petty Bag
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida
Petunia integrifolia
Peugeot
Peugeots
Peul
Peutz's syndrome
Pew
Peyer's patches
Peyton
Peyton Rous
Pez
Peziza coccinea
Peziza domicilina
Pezizaceae
Pezizales
Pezophaps
Pezophaps solitaria
Pezzer catheter
PfKIN protein kinase
Pfaffian
Pfaffians
Pfalz
Pfannenstiel's incision
Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome
Pfeiffer's bacillus
Pfeiffer's blood agar

Literary usage of Peziza coccinea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forest Trees of Britain by Charles Alexander Johns (1892)
"... crayons used by artists for drawing outlines are also prepared from Hazel-wood. One of the most beautiful of the British fungi (peziza coccinea) ..."

2. The Wild Garland; Or, Prose and Poetry Connected with English Wild Flowers by S. Waring (1827)
"We die As your hours do; and dry Away . Like to the summer's rain, Or, as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again. peziza coccinea. Jew's-ears. ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1832)
"The smaller plant, of which a part only is seen in the drawing, is of itself larger than we generally find the peziza coccinea, although so far below its ..."

4. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1898)
"One specimen of peziza coccinea was collected. ... One of the striking objects collected was the beautiful Scarlet Cup (peziza coccinea). ..."

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