Scientific name
Cookeina sulcipes
Description
Cookeina sulcipes is an attractive and fragile mushroom. They have the distinctive feature of apothecia and have deep, cup-shaped fruiting bodies. Although the color will diminish with dryness. The inner surface of the apothecium is spore-bearing and is called a hymenium. The hymenium is bright yellow-red. The tissue that makes up the apothecium walls is called an Excipulum is delicate and malleable. Apothecium also has hair-like structures called fasciculate bundles consisting of cylindrical hyphae.
Apothecia of these mushrooms are 2-4 cm in diameter and 3-6 cm in length. These are goblet- to funnel-shaped, and grow alone or in groups on wood at elevations lower than 700 m. The stem is thin with a total length of about 1-4 cm and 3–4 mm thickness. The surface of the hymenium is pinkish to buff in tone. Ascospores are cylindrical or ellipsoid-shaped, contain two sizable oil droplets.
Habitat
Cookeina sulcipes is native to Peninsular Malaysia. They are widely distributed in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. They are found growing on tree trunks, fallen fruits, and tree branches.
Uses/Importance
Cookeina sulcipes are also known as tropical mushrooms and are edible. They are used as a food source for fishing as bait.
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