Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Cellar Cup

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Peziza cerea

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Cellar Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cellar Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pezizaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Peziza
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Peziza cerea

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Cellar Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cellar Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Cellar Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Cellar Cup

The Cellar Cup (Peziza cerea) is a species in the genus Peziza. Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium