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Elf Cups
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Elf Cups

Sarcoscypha

Sarcoscypha is a genus of ascomycete fungus and a type genus of the family Sarcoscyphaceae. Species of Sarcoscypha are present in Europe, North America and tropical Asia. They are characterised by a cup-shaped apothecium which is often brightly coloured. They have had a range of popular uses, one of which was as a table decoration. Some members of the family such as S. coccinea and the - according to new knowledge - more common S. austriaca in western Europe and United States have bright scarlet apothecia which have given them familiar names such as the scarlet cup fungus and scarlet elf cap.

The name comes from the Greek skyphos meaning drinking bowl.

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Scarlet Elfcup

speciesSarcoscypha austriaca

stalked scarlet cup

speciesSarcoscypha occidentalis

Scarlet Cup

speciesSarcoscypha coccinea

Sarcoscypha dudleyi

speciesSarcoscypha dudleyi

Sarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN01'

speciesSarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN01'

Sarcoscypha jurana

speciesSarcoscypha jurana

Sarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN03'

speciesSarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN03'

Sarcoscypha macaronesica

speciesSarcoscypha macaronesica

Sarcoscypha vassiljevae

speciesSarcoscypha vassiljevae

Sarcoscypha sp. 'coccinea-CA01'

speciesSarcoscypha sp. 'coccinea-CA01'

Sarcoscypha humberiana

speciesSarcoscypha humberiana

Sarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN02'

speciesSarcoscypha sp. 'occidentalis-IN02'

Sarcoscypha korfiana

speciesSarcoscypha korfiana

Sarcoscypha mesocyatha

speciesSarcoscypha mesocyatha

Sarcoscypha excelsa

speciesSarcoscypha excelsa

Sarcoscypha sp. 'javensis-MX01'

speciesSarcoscypha sp. 'javensis-MX01'

Sarcoscypha javensis

speciesSarcoscypha javensis

Sarcoscypha emarginata

speciesSarcoscypha emarginata

Sarcoscypha humida

speciesSarcoscypha humida

Sarcoscypha minuta

speciesSarcoscypha minuta

Sarcoscypha hosoyae

speciesSarcoscypha hosoyae

Sarcoscypha knixoniana

speciesSarcoscypha knixoniana

Sarcoscypha longitudinalis

speciesSarcoscypha longitudinalis

Sarcoscypha tatakensis

speciesSarcoscypha tatakensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49136.