Scarlet cup mushroom

''Sarcoscypha dudleyi'', commonly known as the crimson cup or the scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the Sarcoscyphaceae family of the Pezizales order. In addition to its main distribution in the central to eastern United States, the fungus has also been recorded once in Bulgaria. It has been frequently confused with ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', but can be distinguished from this and other related species in ''Sarcoscypha'' by differences in microscopic characteristics, such as the presence and.. more