Sarcoscypha austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
(Scarlet Elfcup)

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

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

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
GenusSarcoscypha (elfcups)
FamilySARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Butterfill, G.B. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 Sarcoscypha (Pezizales) in Britain Mycologist Vol 09 (1): 20-26.
Jarvis, N. 2000 Things to come … Sarcoscypha austriaca Vol 1 (4) Page: Rear cover
Spooner, B. 2002 The larger Cup Fungi in Britain, part 4: Sarcoscyphaceae and Sarcosomataceae Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 9-14.

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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 austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 65 images of Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)

A bright red discomycete fungus which occurs in the spring on rotten branches, on the ground, etc especially in the west. It is a recent arrival which seems to have largely displaced S. coccinea from which it can only be distinguished under the microscope.

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