Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

Bristly Tropical Cup

Cookeina tricholoma

Spanish: Copita peluda

Bristly Tropical Cup (Cookeina tricholoma)
Photographed by remigis on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in koh ra, Phang-nga, Thailand, not near La Saladita

Cookeina tricholoma, also known by its common name bristly tropical cup, is a species of fungus from the genus Cookeina.

TaxonomyPezizomycetes › Pezizales › Sarcoscyphaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records5,494 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Bristly Tropical Cup (Cookeina tricholoma) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/cookeina-tricholoma/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.