How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body medium sized to large, up to 18 cm; bowl-shaped, spherical or goblet-shaped. Flesh thick, fragile, white. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Inner Surface
Inner surface whitish, becoming lilac to pale lilac brown, smooth.
Outer Surface
Outer surface whitish, often covered with soil.

Scientific Classification

Phylum
Sac fungi Class
Pezizomycetes Order
Pezizales Family
Cup fungi Genus
Sarcosphaera Species
Violet crown cup