• In Nepal, in the Sherpa language, it is known as diyo chyau or khumbhe chyau, from the words diyo, meaning "oil lamp" and chyau, meaning "mushroom", as the fruit bodies have a shape similar to the local oil lamps. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adult fruit bodies are initially cylindrical, maturing to trumpet- or vase-shaped and reaching up to 30 cm (12 in) high and up to 30 cm (12 in) across. (wikipedia.org)
  • At higher elevations, two or three fruit bodies may arise from one stipe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores , typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stipe . (heliumfives928.sbs)
  • Fruit bodies of Lepiota species are almost all agaricoid ( Lepiota viridigleba is the sole sequestrate species in the genus [9] ), most (but not all) having comparatively small caps (less than 10 cm (4 in) in diameter) and slender stems. (heliumfives928.sbs)
  • The genus was first described in 1821 by the Swedish mycologist Elias Fries, and includes species that have an amphigenous hymenium and give rise to flabellae from a central mass (Wang et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Index fungorum ( http://www.indexfungorum.org/ ) lists 17 species names under this genus, but molecular phylogenies have reduced the number to ten (Zhao et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The stipe can be up to 15 cm (6 in) tall and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide, though it tapers to a narrower base. (wikipedia.org)
  • Species in the genus Cyathus have fruiting bodies (peridia) that are vase-, trumpet- or urn-shaped with dimensions of 4-8 mm wide by 7-18 mm tall. (en-academic.com)
  • The orange-capped vase- or trumpet-shaped fruiting bodies may reach 30 cm (12 in) high and 30 cm (12 in) wide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adult fruit bodies are initially cylindrical, maturing to trumpet- or vase-shaped and reaching up to 30 cm (12 in) high and up to 30 cm (12 in) across. (wikipedia.org)