Stalked Scarlet Cup

(Sarcoscypha occidentalis)

Conservation Status
Stalked Scarlet Cup
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

not listed

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

Stalked Scarlet Cup is a small, brightly colored but easily overlooked sac fungus. It is found singly or in clusters on fallen twigs of hardwoods on the forest floor, often burried under leaf litter. It sometimes appears to be growing out of the ground, but further inspection will uncover a buried twig.

The cap is cup-shaped or saucer-shaped and rarely more than ¾ in diameter. The inner (upper) surface of the cup is bright red and smooth. The outer surface is whitish and smooth. When young, the cup is curled unwards and has wavy, scalloped edges. On older specimens as the flesh dries the edges split and the color fades to yellow or orange.

The cap may be attached directly to the food source or with a stalk. When present, the stalk is white or whitish (more or less the color of the cap undersurface), to 13 16 long, and 1 32 to 1 16 thick.

The texture is fleshy or rubbery, becoming leathery as it dries.

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) is much larger, ¾ to 2 in diameter, and does not have a stalk. It fruits early in the spring.

 
     
 
Habitat and Hosts
 
 

Damp hardwood forests

twigs, branches, and leaf litter.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Season

 
 

Late spring to early autumn

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

4, 7, 26, 29, 30, 77.

 
  6/2/2022      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Phylum Ascomycota (sac fungi)  
  Subphylum Pezizomycotina  
  Class Pezizomycetes  
  Subclass Pezizomycetidae  
 

Order

Pezizales  
 

Family

Sarcoscyphaceae (efl cups and allies)  
 

Genus

Sarcoscypha (elf cups)  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

 

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

Stalked Scarlet Cup

Western Scarlet Cup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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About

Jul 14, 2020

Stalked Scarlet Cup Fungus Sarcoscypha occidentalis, a beautiful but yet extremely tiny fungus mushroom I find here in the ozarks often burried under leaves or on dead wood. The caps are funnel shaped and red while the stalk on this version is white. An enjoyable mushroom hunting adventure 2020

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