APHOTOFUNGI

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of fungi;
mushrooms, toadstools, brackets, cups, plant diseases etc., found
in South-West England, especially Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

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Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on moss 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on moss 2

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on wood 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on wood 2

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on wood 3

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - on wood 4

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - group 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - close-up 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - habitat 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - habitat 2

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - side view 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - spores 1

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet Elf Cup - underside 1

Species found on fallen twigs and rotting wood in Mainstone Woods, Mainstone, Plymouth, Devon.
27.01.07. SX516586; at Hardwick Wood, Cot Hill, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 05.03.06. SX529556; also seen in woods at Par and Treverbyn, mid-Cornwall.

 

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. The difference between species is rarely obvious, many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.