Cookeina tricholoma photographed in Pastaza, Ecuador. This beautiful ascomycete grows on wood in tropical areas - in the USA it only grows in far southern Florida. It was described as Peziza tricholoma from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1834 and moved into Cookeina in 1891.

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Here is a family picture of Hairy Cup Fungus ( Cookeina sp. ) is a genus of cup fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae that I found in Sumatra. I like the color and shapes of this fungus, which looks like a carnivorous plant.
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