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Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (cap size ~4-5 mm) mushroom with an upturned, cup-shaped cap. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was whitish, but the red of the cap shines through. The stem was whitish and had mycelium near the base.<br /> <br /> My lighting was bad, and I was unfortunately unable to get good shots of this minute mushroom. This photo shows just how small this fungus is - my wedding ring is 15mm across, which means that the cap of this mushroom is only about 5mm wide.<br /> <br /> Growing on the side of a nature trail (on woodchips) in a mixed forest.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62048/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html" title="Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/62048_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=3Lb%2FblKcyVMu0%2B7VUdTdir8tIuA%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (cap size ~4-5 mm) mushroom with an upturned, cup-shaped cap. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was whitish, but the red of the cap shines through. The stem was whitish and had mycelium near the base.<br /> <br /> Growing on the side of a nature trail (on woodchips) in a mixed forest.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62049/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked Scarlet Cup,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus,mushroom,scarlet cup" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked Scarlet Cup,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus,mushroom,scarlet cup Click/tap to enlarge

Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis

Tiny (cap size ~4-5 mm) mushroom with an upturned, cup-shaped cap. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was whitish, but the red of the cap shines through. The stem was whitish and had mycelium near the base.

My lighting was bad, and I was unfortunately unable to get good shots of this minute mushroom. This photo shows just how small this fungus is - my wedding ring is 15mm across, which means that the cap of this mushroom is only about 5mm wide.

Growing on the side of a nature trail (on woodchips) in a mixed forest.

Stalked Scarlet Cup - Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny (cap size ~4-5 mm) mushroom with an upturned, cup-shaped cap. The uppersurface was red and bald. The undersurface was whitish, but the red of the cap shines through. The stem was whitish and had mycelium near the base.<br /> <br /> Growing on the side of a nature trail (on woodchips) in a mixed forest.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/62049/stalked_scarlet_cup_-_sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked Scarlet Cup,Summer,United States,cup fungus,fungus,mushroom,scarlet cup

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Thanks for the size reference, definitely could not foresee how small it really is! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Glad it helped :) Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    One of my faves. They are everywhere this season! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      This was my first, and there was only one! It was the only mushroom that I saw today...except for a seriously rotten Stropharia. Mushroom season has been sooo slow to start this year :/ Posted 7 years ago

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The Stalked scarlet cup

''Sarcoscypha occidentalis'', commonly known as the stalked scarlet cup or the western scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the Pezizales order. Fruit bodies have small, bright red cups up to 2 cm wide atop a slender whitish stem that is between 1 to 3 cm long. A saprobic species, it is found growing on hardwood twigs, particularly those that are partially buried in moist and shaded humus-rich soil. The fungus is distributed in the continental United States east.. more

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Similar species: Pezizales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jun 26, 2018. Captured Jun 26, 2018 11:48 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/128s
  • ISO500
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.