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Cookeina tricholoma
Cookeina tricholoma
-4.40524, -73.2461
Field Notes
Description:
Hairy, orange cup-shaped small fungus (this specimen 7/16" - 1.1cm diameter).
Habitat:
South American rainforest. This specimen was on a living tree trunk about 4ft above the jungle floor in Terra Firme along Tahuayo River, Loreto District, Peru.
Notes:
Cookeina tricholoma fungi growing about 4ft (1.25m) above ground level on tree trunk. See picture with tapemeasure for accurate size.
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Ascomycota
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Genus: Cookeina
Species: C. tricholoma
GPS location: -4.405240975,-73.24608162
Elevation: 114m (370 ft)
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PublishedJuly 30, 2013
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