Cookeina sulcipes forms a brightly-colored cup-shaped fruitbody on rotting dead woods in the floor of tropical forests. Hairlike projections ring the edge of the inverted cap, which is smooth on the inside. Studies suggest the amount of rain water held by these cups influences when the spores will be released.
Cap Diameter:
2 - 4 cm
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Cookeina sulcipes
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Attributes of Cookeina sulcipes
Cap Diameter
2 - 4 cm
Height
3 - 6 cm
Cap
2 - 4 cm; goblet; red
Stem
White
Spore Print Color
White
Body Color
Red
Growth Form
Scattered, Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
On wood
Species Status
More common in the Daintree and Mosman Gorge areas
