Cookeina tricholoma

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Cookeina tricholoma is a disc fungus growing on wood with long stalk and deeply cup-shaped disc, pinkish orange inside, up to 20 mm diam., hairy outside with conspicuous fringe around cup edge. Tropical. Compare Cookeina sulciceps with orange or pink cups and hairs arising from ridges around the cup, and C. colensoi, with yellow to bright orange cups which are downy on outside. Compare also Scutellinia with eyelash-like hairs around margin of bright red or orange disc, but without a well developed stem.

Distribution map

Map based on Fungimap records to March 2000

Last modified on 28 May 2001

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