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Bristly Tropical Cup

Cookeina tricholoma

Photo by Tukup
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Field Notes

Description:

The fruiting body of this fungus is cup shaped and can measure up 20 mm across. Young of this fungi are bright orange, but pale as they mature. These are a pale yellow, even the small ones, although the smaller ones are a little brighter than the big ones. The stipe is pale or white. The distinguishing characteristic of these are the stiff white hairs on the outside. The hairs are prominent around the rim of the cup.

Habitat:

These were found on a dead log in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador (700 masl).

Notes:

This was a first for me so I was glad to find several in varying stages of maturity.

Reference Links:

Cookeina - Wikipedia, Cookeina tricholoma   (Mont.) Kuntze

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Comments (7)
Tukup
Thanks Celeste, but I depend on other experts when it comes to mushrooms. I'm just a beginner.
Tukup
Thanks Neil. I don't see them often, but they are a nice bread from the usual fungi that I see all the time.
Neil Ross
Cool spotting, Tukup. Amazing fungus!
Dan Doucette
They definitely have a lot of species in common.
Tukup
I need to see some really new ones. All I saw were older ones that had started to fade. Thanks Dan. Hoping to see some familiar pics from Costa Rica as some organisms overlap down here in Ecuador.
Dan Doucette
Nice! These are so cool! I saw many of these, pink and orange, in Costa Rica this winter.

Spotted for Missions

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Fruiting Bodies of the World
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Beauty of Decay
Biodiversity of Ecuador (BioBanco)

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PublishedFebruary 11, 2021

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