Scarlet elf cup
Sarcoscypha austriaca
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Sarcoscypha austriaca
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Order
- Pezizales
- Family
- Sarcoscyphaceae
- Under the cap
- Smooth
- Cap
- No cap
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring, Winter
- Habitat
- Dead wood
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The scarlet colour of its cup comes from carotenoids, the same family of pigments that colours carrots.
- A gust of wind or a touch can make the cups puff out a visible cloud of spores.
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Similar fungi
- Common morel
Morchella esculenta
- Wrinkled thimble cap
Verpa bohemica
- Black truffle
Tuber melanosporum
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q2519734 · All fungi · All entries