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

Cookeina speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

Description

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Cookeina speciosa (Fr.) Dennis, Mycotaxon 51: 239 (1994)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Philippe Bouchet; Hervé Le Guyader; Olivier Pascal (eds.). Patrimoines naturels. ISBN 978-2-85653-627-8. Wikidata Q115487401.
  3. ^ "Cookeina speciosa". Site de EFTA ! (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. ^ Fries, Elias (1822). Systema Mycologicum (in Latin). Vol. 2. Lundin: Ex Officina Berlingiana. p. 84.
  5. ^ Dennis, R.W.G. Dennis (1994). "Plumier's "Discomycetes"". Mycotaxon. 51: 237–239.
  6. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022-01-01). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen: Von Menschen & ihren Pflanzen. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8.