CUP FUNGI 



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SARCOSCITHA 



Key to the Species 



1. Cup 2-4 cm., not shaggy 



5. lOcciiica 



2. Cup 4-10 mm., shaggy 



5. floccosa 



Sarcoscypha coccinea Red Cup 



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

 let, tlie outside witli a wliite down, 

 more or less cup-shaped or irregular ; 

 stem short, 12-25 mm., rarely lac'c- 

 ing, white-downv ; spores ellipsoid, 

 24-30 X lO/x. The name refers to the 

 scarlet fruiting disk. 



On decaying twigs and branches, 

 in woodland. March to June ; edible. 



Sarcoscypha floccosa 

 Fringe Cup 



C up 4-10 mm. \\ide, disk scarlet. 



Figure 115. S.^rcoscypha coccinea 



Figure 114. Spathularia clavata 



outside densely covered with long white hairs 

 forming a fringe at the margin, 

 which 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 mm. ; 

 spores clear, elliptic, 20 X 

 Wji. I'he name refers to the 

 shaggv fringed cup. 



On decaying twigs, rarely on 

 the gromid, from spring to au- 

 tumn ; probably edible but too 

 *■ small to be important. 



UltNL'LA 



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- 



