MycoKey : the genus Sarcoscypha

Generic short diagnoses: Large, red, stipitate operculate discomycetes with downy, paler outside and ellipsoid to cylindrical, smooth spores. On branches in winter and spring.


Species example:


Sarcoscypha austriaca - DK: krølhåret pragtbæger UK: Scarlet Elfcup - spore
Photo and © Henry Dissing
Denmark, 86.10

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