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2 unusual facts about Sarcoscypha coccinea


S. coccinea

Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup or scarlet cup, a fungus species found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Australia

Sarcoscypha coccinea

Sarcoscypha coccinea is the type species of the genus Sarcoscypha, having been first explicitly designated as such in 1931 by Frederick Edward Clements and Cornelius Lott Shear.



see also

Sarcoscypha occidentalis

In 1928, Fred Jay Seaver overturned Saccardo's naming and applied the name Plectania to Sarcoscypha coccinea and other red cup fungi.