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Cup fungi

Cookeina sp Possible Cookeina venezuelae

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Field Notes

Description:

Fruiting body cup-shaped, 0.5 to 3.5 cm in diameter. The inner surface is smooth, salmon orange, the outer is clear.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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Comments (7)
HeatherMiller
Jonathan, they are really unique! I'm glad you shared them.
Jonathan Sequeira
I have seen poison dart frogs into the cups.... so interesting...
Jonathan Sequeira
Hi Heather, sure they are real, this particular was about i inch diameter, not so tall as you can see.. Check on the other species....
Jonathan Sequeira
Yes there are, in very humid conditions. just like the other similar species we have in CR. This particular I have not seen in the caribbean of the country. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5931119/fullscreen http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6043378/fullscreen
HeatherMiller
That looks unreal (but I'm not questioning that they ARE real). Are they large or small compared to a finger? They look like a reverse mushroom.
Ashish
Amazing... Are they in highly moist environment...

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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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