Sarcoscypha (Fr.) Boud.
(elfcups)

Sarcoscypha (elfcups) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Sarcoscypha (elfcups) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Sarcoscypha austriaca Scarlet Elfcup	Species	2 subtaxa		7 references
Sarcoscypha coccinea Ruby Elfcup	Species			1 references
[Sarcoscypha coccinea agg.] scarlet elfcups	Informal	4 subtaxa	4 trophisms	9 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Sarcoscypha (elfcups)
Family	SARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sarcoscypha is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcoscypha (elfcups)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland	s2.fungi.myspecies.info/
	Baral, H.-O.		The European and North-American species of Sarcoscypha	www.gbif-mycology.de/HostedSites/Baral/Sarcoscypha.htm

Sarcoscypha (elfcups) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brown, R.P.	1980	Observations on Sarcoscypha coccinea and Disciotis venosa in North Wales during 1978-1979	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 14 (2): 130-135.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sarcoscypha (elfcups):

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 74 images of Sarcoscypha (elfcups)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sarcoscypha is also a member of:

Identification Works

General Works

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