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Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (2-4 mm) mushrooms with cup-shaped caps. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was pale and had a tiny, whitish stem. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79852/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html" title="Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/79852_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1718236810&Signature=VsXVCUozx2e%2FWGw6XHjNm3FPsCA%3D" width="200" height="162" alt="Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (2-4 mm) mushrooms with cup-shaped caps. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was pale and had a tiny, whitish stem. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79853/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Spring,Stalked scarlet cup,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Spring,Stalked scarlet cup,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis

Tiny (2-4 mm) mushrooms with cup-shaped caps. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was pale and had a tiny, whitish stem.

Habitat: Growing on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest

Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (2-4 mm) mushrooms with cup-shaped caps. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was pale and had a tiny, whitish stem. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a rotting stick in a deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79853/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Spring,Stalked scarlet cup,United States

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The Stalked scarlet cup

''Sarcoscypha occidentalis'', commonly known as the stalked scarlet cup or the western scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the Pezizales order. Fruit bodies have small, bright red cups up to 2 cm wide atop a slender whitish stem that is between 1 to 3 cm long. A saprobic species, it is found growing on hardwood twigs, particularly those that are partially buried in moist and shaded humus-rich soil. The fungus is distributed in the continental United States east.. more

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Similar species: Pezizales
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Uploaded May 31, 2019. Captured May 31, 2019 11:28 in 172 NY-292, Holmes, NY 12531, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/128s
  • ISO500
  • 100mm