Guepiniopsis alpina
| Guepiniopsis alpina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
| Genus: | Guepiniopsis |
| Species: | G. alpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Guepiniopsis alpina (Tracy & Earle) Brasf. (1938)
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| Synonyms | |
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Guepinia alpina Tracy & Earle (1901) | |
| Guepiniopsis alpina | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Smooth hymenium | |
| No distinct cap | |
| Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
Guepiniopsis alpina, commonly known as the jelly cup, alpine jelly cone, or poor man's gumdrop, is a species of fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. The small, gelatinous fruit bodies are orange and cone- or cup-shaped, producing a yellowish spore print.
Found in western North America and Iran, the fungus grows on decaying conifer wood. It is of little to no culinary interest.