Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
(Scarlet Elfcup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietySarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
SpeciesSarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
GenusSarcoscypha (elfcups)
FamilySARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup) :
1: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
18 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU22 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Single rather flat effete apothecium beside fallen wood
Image 1: Apothecium - top viewImage 2: Apothecial hairs - microscope low magnificationImage 3: Apothecial hairs - microscope low magnification (2)
2: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
12 Mar 2017 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 fresh apothecia on fallen wood, under Ash. Many more, mainly older, nearby
Image 1: Apothecium - face viewImage 2: Apothecium - lateral viewImage 3: Apothecium - lateral view showing stipeImage 4: Apothecial hairs - magnifiedImage 5: Apothecial hairs - magnified (2)Image 6: Apothecial hairs - magnified (3)Image 7: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Ascospores - magnified
3: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
8 Mar 2015 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on ground and rotting wood
Image 1: Ascospores in asci - magnifiedImage 2: Ascospores - mature - magnified
4: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
20 Mar 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on fallen broad-leaf poles
Image 1: Apothecia - side view - damp - white backgroundImage 2: Apothecium - side view - half dry - white backgroundImage 3: In situ - side viewImage 4: In situ - top viewImage 5: Ascospores - magnified
5: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
17 Mar 2008 OSGR: SW93 50° 10’ N, 4° 60’ W Vice County: East Cornwall (VC 2) England
2 rather old fruitbodies, under willow, beside path through woodland
Image 1: Fruitbody - top viewImage 2: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnificationImage 3: Ascospores - magnifiedImage 4: Excipular tomentum - magnified
6: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
27 Mar 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
4 apothecia, beside stream
Image 1: Apothecium - close-upImage 2: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 3: Ascospore - magnifiedImage 4: Ascospores - magnifiedImage 5: Ascus and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 6: Ascus - magnified
7: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
27 Feb 1999 OSGR: SO59 52° 30’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
on cut broadleaved wood from sticks to trunks, eg Beech?
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: FruitbodyImage 3: Fruitbody (2)Image 4: Fruitbody (3)Image 5: Fruitbody (4)Image 6: Fruitbody (5)Image 7: Fruitbody (6)Image 8: Fruitbody - LSImage 9: Fruitbody - marginImage 10: Fruitbody - outside - close-upImage 11: Fruitbody - undersideImage 12: Fruitbody - underside (2)Image 13: Asci and paraphysesImage 14: Asci and paraphyses in hymeniumImage 15: Asci and paraphyses in hymenium - close-upImage 16: AscusImage 17: Ascus (2)Image 18: Ascus tipsImage 19: Excipular hairImage 20: Excipular hairsImage 21: Excipular hairs (2)Image 22: Excipular hairs (3)Image 23: HymeniumImage 24: ParaphysesImage 25: Paraphyses (2)Image 26: Paraphyses (3)Image 27: Paraphyses and sporeImage 28: SporesImage 29: Spores (2)
8: Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
11 Apr 1972 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on sticks etc
Image 1: Asci and paraphysesImage 2: Ascospores and paraphysesImage 3: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 4: Fruitbody - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - side viewImage 6: Fruitbody - top view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brown, R. 2007 First British record of yellow Sarcoscypha Field Mycology Vol 8 (1): 9-12, rear cover.

Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)

A bright red discomycete fungus which occurs in the spring on rotten branches, on the ground, etc especially in the west. It is a recent arrival which seems to have largely displaced S. coccinea from which it can only be distinguished under the microscope.

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