Cup Fungi (Scutellinia scutellata) in Bagan Lalang, Sepang.

Johari Jalinas

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, 43650 Bangi, UKM, Selangor Darul Ehsan E-mail: johari_j@ukm.my

Scutellinia scutellata Eyelash cup Photo: Johari Jalinas

Family: Pyronemataceae, Order: Pezizales Description: Small, clustered, red to orange cup with dark eyelashlike hairs. Inner surface bright red to orange. Spores: 18-19 x 10-12; elliptical, roughened, filled with oils drops. Habitat: Usually densely grouped on rotten wood and adjacent soil. Range: Well distributed in Peninsular of Malaysia

Eyelashlike hairs

Scutellinia scutellata Eyelash cup Photo: Johari Jalinas

References Gary H. Lincoff. 2008. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Chanticleer Press Inc. Page 353.