Sarcoscypha coccinea (Gray) Boud.
(Ruby Elfcup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup)
Genus	Sarcoscypha (elfcups)
Family	SARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sarcoscypha coccinea is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup) :
1: Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup)
	? UNK	Unknown country

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Butterfill, G.B. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	Sarcoscypha (Pezizales) in Britain	Mycologist Vol 09 (1): 20-26.

Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Sarcoscypha
(elfcups)

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sarcoscypha coccinea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)