08/Mar/25, 3:06 PM
Kloostrimetsa, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Deciduous park, wet area, on damp decaying hardwood branch
59°26'29.6"N 24°47'31.8"E
🔆 Clear sky, sunny spot
Original Instagram postSarcoscypha austriaca
scarlet elfcup
- Scientific identification
- Sarcoscypha austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
- Family
- Sarcoscyphaceae
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Genus
- Sarcoscypha
Names across languages
- English: scarlet elfcup
- German: Scharlachroter Kelchbecherling
- Finnish: Punamaljakas
- Estonian: Harilik karikseen
- Russian: Саркосцифа австрийская
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-03-08.
Hymenium
Smooth, forming the inner surface of the cup (apothecium), bright scarlet to deep red in color
Cap
Lacks a distinct cap, the fruiting body is cup-shaped, thin and smooth, often slightly translucent when moist, vivid scarlet color and sometimes a slightly wrinkled margin
Hymenium
Hymenium forms the entire inner surface of the cup
Description
Fruiting body is sessile and attached directly to the substrate by a minimal basal area
Description
Ascospores are produced internally within the cup
Ecology
Saprobic, growing on decaying wood, bark, or leaf litter in damp, shaded forest environment, in spring to early summer
Edibility
Inedible, due to its small size and insubstantial flesh
Fruit body
Fruit body small, cup-shaped, typically 1–6 cm in diameter
Odour
Faint or slightly fruity
Taste
Indistinct
Microscopy
Spores 25-37 x 9.5-15 µ, ellipsoid to nearly football-shaped, with rounded or, not infrequently, flattened ends, asci are 8-spored
Overview
Small, brilliantly colored cup fungus with a vivid scarlet disc
1907). Hist. Class. Discom. Eur. (Paris): 55.
Field encounters
16/Mar/24, 1:45 PM
Tallinna Botaanikaaed, Estonia
Deciduous forest, moist warm low spot, fallen damp hardwood
59°28'15.3"N 24°52'37.7"E
🔆 Heavy overcast, warm afternoon before rain
Original Instagram post4/01/23, 1:58 PM
Tallinna Botaanikaaed, Estonia
decidious alder forest, moist warm low spot, fallen damp hardwood
🔆 Auto WB, sunny weather, forest shade
Original Instagram post4/01/23, 1:45 PM
Tallinna Botaanikaaed, Estonia
decidious alder forest, moist warm low spot, fallen damp hardwood
🔆 Auto WB, sunny weather, sunny spot
Original Instagram postSource hashtags
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