Scarlet elf cup
Sarcoscypha coccinea · 猩红肉杯菌
Rare肉杯菌科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Bright red, cup-shaped, with a slightly inrolled rim
- Outer surface pale and finely hairy
- Grows in early spring on fallen twigs in leaf litter
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 肉杯菌科
- Hymenium
- Smooth
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1–5 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rare
- Habitat
- Fallen twigs in damp woodland
Easily Confused With
Orange peel fungusBright orange, cup- or disc-shaped, like a discarded orange peelFun Fact
It appears in early spring while patches of snow still linger, on moss-covered fallen branches; a light tap when mature sends up a small puff of spore cloud.
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