CUP FUNGI 



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SARCOSCYPHA 

 Key to the Species 



1. Cup 2-4 cm., not shaggy 



S. cocci Ilea 



2. Cup 4-10 mm., shaggy 



S. floccosa 



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Sarcoscypha coccinea Red Cup 



Cup 2-4 cm. wide, the disk scar- 

 let, the outside with a white down, 

 more or less cup-shaped or irregular ; 

 stem short, 12-25 mm., rarely lack- 

 ing, white-downy ; spores ellipsoid, 

 24-30 X ^O/x. The name refers to th'.- 

 scarlet fruiting disk. 



On decaying twigs and branches, 

 in woodland, March to June; edible. 



Sarcoscypha floccosa 

 Fringe Cup 



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Figure 114. Spathularia clavata 



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C u p 4-10 mm. wide, disk scarlet, outside densely covered with long white hairs 



forming a fringe at the margin, 

 Avhich is more or less incurved, 

 goblet-shaped, tapering down- 

 ward into the slender white hairy 

 stem ; s t e m 1-3 cm. by 2-3 nun. ; 

 spores clear, elliptic, 20 X 

 1 1 fi. The name refers to the 

 shaggy fringed cup. 



On decaying twigs, rarely on 

 the ground, from spring to au- 

 tumn ; probably edible but too 

 small to be important. 



URXULA 



Urnula craterium 

 Black Urn 



Cup 3-7 cm. wide, dark 

 brown to black, scaly or hairy 

 on the outside, the margin torn 

 and lobed. more or less incurved, 

 irregularly hemispheric to urn- 



FiGURE 115. Sarcoscypha coccinea 



