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Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74561/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html" title="Sarcoscypha occidentalis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/74561_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=gOhkhvv5SDwgaiS9PTBAbW2RBuQ%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74559/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74560/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked scarlet cup,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74559/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html" title="Sarcoscypha occidentalis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/74559_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=vmlKr47z%2B%2FMVYmnVK675fABVXI8%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74561/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74560/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked scarlet cup,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked scarlet cup,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Sarcoscypha occidentalis

Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.

Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74559/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74560/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked scarlet cup,Summer,United States

Sarcoscypha occidentalis Tiny cup-shaped fungi growing on a hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74561/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/74560/sarcoscypha_occidentalis.html Geotagged,Sarcoscypha occidentalis,Stalked scarlet cup,Summer,United States

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    Christine Young
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    I love these tiny fungi! Posted 6 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
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Feb 18, 2019. Captured Jul 17, 2018 01:12 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.