Reported by Gamundí (1964, 1971) from burned ground in Chile and Argentina. Some of her collections were confirmed by expert R. W. G. Dennis (Gamundí, 1964). Rifai (1968) also reports specimens from New Zealand. Recent work by Vizzini et al. (2020) treats this species in the genus Peziza and suggests several synonyms. There are no DNA sequences from southern South American material.

Gamundí et al. (2004) reports a collection from Argentina (BCRU-1860). We could not gain access to this specimen for morphological studies, but we consider this report to be tentative. This species was first reported by Bertero (1829) from the bank of a ditch in Chile. The spores of Legaliana badia are characteristically marked with partial or complete reticulations. Legaliana badia seems to represent a species complex and careful morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses will be necessary to fully understand the diversity within this group. Importantly, taxa in this group are ectomycorrhizal so mycorrhizal hosts should be documented. Although Rifai (1968) included L. badia (as Peziza badia) in his treatment of Australasian Pezizales, the description is drawn from British material. A sequence (OL653060) establishes the presence of L. badia or a close relative in New Zealand. There are several reports of L. badia from the southern regions of Australia (see Atlas of Living Australia). There are no DNA sequences from southern South American material.

Hansen et al. (2002) suggested that P. cerea in the sense of most modern authors is synonymous with P. varia. Gamundí’s (1975) excellent description of P. cerea from a collection on soil in Tierra del Fuego is in close agreement with the information given by Hansen et al. (2002) for P. varia except for the smaller ascospores indicated by Gamundí. She records a range from 12-14.4 × 6.7-7.2 μm whereas Hansen et al. (2002) give a range of “14.5-16-17.5 × 8-9.5-10.5.” Peziza variarepresents a complex of species that share often stratified excipular tissues of large globose cells with an intermediate zone of interwoven hyphae (textura intricata). Rifai (1968) also reported P. cerea from Australia and New Zealand. He reported spore sizes of 13-15.7 (17.2) × 8-9.5 μm. He included collections on wood as well as on soil, damp cellars and greenhouses. He also recognized P. varia as a distinct species, which he primarily characterized by the swollen cells of the paraphyses giving them a monilioid appearance. We consider this feature a product of environmental factors, such as high relative humidity. Spores of P. varia were reported as 12.5 × 16 × 8-10 μm (Rifai, 1968).Pegler et al. (1980) recorded the species from South Georgia Island, Husvik Whaling Station, on an old (pre-1964) heap of coal (10 March 1979, specimen M. Smith 12). There are no sequences from southern South American material