Pyropyxis

Pyropyxis is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It was circumscribed in 1984 by Keith Egger, to contain the single species Pyropyxis rubra.^[1] This species was originally described by Charles Horton Peck in 1872 as a species of Peziza.^[2] The genus name, said to be derived from the Greek word for "fire" (pyros) and the Latin word pyxis, refers to the segregation of this species from the genus Geopyxis.^[1] The proper word in ancient Greek for "fire" is however pyr (πῦρ).^[3]

Pyropyxis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Pyropyxis Egger (1984)
Type species
Pyropyxis rubra (Peck) Egger (1984)
Synonyms
Peziza rubra Peck (1872)

Fruit bodies of the fungus are cup shaped, with a pink to reddish-orange color. Pyropyxis rubra has a Dichobotrys anamorph. The species is found in North America, where it grows as a saprophyte on burned forest litter in both mixed and deciduous forests.^[1]