Hello Stephen,

I would agree with nr 1 Humaria hemisphaerica.

2 and 3 should be a Peziza. I assume it is acid soil there? Then both specimens could be P. badia. But it should be proved microscopically.

Regards from Lothar

Thank you Lothar.

The dark brown cups are Peziza badia, while I am still unsure about the third Peziza mainly because I do not remember that there was any dark-brown specimens; the cups where smaller (1-4cm); and the habitat was different, yes probably acidic too, but in sand/gravel shelves. Nevertheless I could go and check again. Unf. I have no microscope here in Finland.

Hi Lothar, I went to check these orange cups on sandy shore. Now they were dark-brown with a black rim. Some doubt remain because they are smaller than usual for P. badia and in a sandy habitat. However, I have access to a small microscope (Swift 3200) without any measurment possible, and I could notice small ascospores with two large circular, translucent oil bodies (both occupying c. 80-90% of internal volume) and an obvious rugose surface at x200. Unf. I couldn't use the x400 becasue I have no coverslips and I just mounted the section under two glass slides, hence too thick for the x400 objective.

Case is closed, both 2 and 3 are Peziza badia (=nothing interesting for most of you else distribution is up North in Jakobstad area, Finland).