Biology:Cookeina speciosa

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Short description: Species of fungus

Cookeina speciosa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Genus: Cookeina
Species:
C. speciosa
Binomial name
Cookeina speciosa
(Fr.) Dennis (1994)
Synonyms[1]
  • Peziza speciosa Fr. (1822)

Cookeina speciosa is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae.

Description

Cookeina speciosa is the most common species of its genus. Its colours vary. Colour variants are white over yellow, pinkish red, yellow-orange, and orange to chocolate brown colour apothecia.[2][3] The species can be found both in isolation and in group.

Taxonomy

The fungus was originally described in 1822 by Elias Magnus Fries, as Peziza speciosa.[4] Richard William George Dennis transferred it to the genus Cookeina in 1994.[5]

The genus Cookeina is named after Mordecai Cubitt Cooke[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10458947 entry