Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Orange Cup

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Melastiza cornubiensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Orange 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)	Pyronemataceae
Genus	Aegilops	Melastiza
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Melastiza cornubiensis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Orange Cup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Orange 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.

Orange Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.