Bulgaria inquinans

Bulgaria inquinans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Phacidiales
Family: Phacidiaceae
Genus: Bulgaria
Species:
B. inquinans
Binomial name
Bulgaria inquinans
(Pers.) Fr. (1822)
Synonyms
  • Peziza inquinans Pers. (1794)
Bulgaria inquinans
Cap is depressed
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is blackish-brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Bulgaria inquinans is a fungus in the family Phacidiaceae. It is commonly known by the names poor man's licorice, black bulgar and black jelly drops.

It grows on dead trees including oak, hornbeam, and ash, in Europe and North America.