Scarlet goblet cup

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Scarlet goblet cup
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Scarlet Cup Cup ( Sarcoscypha coccinea )

Systematics
Subdivision : Real ascent mushrooms (Pezizomycotina)
Class : Pezizomycetes
Order : Cuplets (Pezizales)
Family : Chalice relatives (Sarcoscyphaceae)
Genre : Chalice cups ( Sarcoscypha )
Type : Scarlet goblet cup
Scientific name
Sarcoscypha coccinea
( Jacq. ) Boudier

The Scarlet Elf Cup ( Sarcoscypha coccinea ), even Cinnabar Red Elf Cup or cinnabar red splendor cup Ling called, is a filamentous fungus from the family of the Elf Cup relatives (Sarcoscyphaceae).

features

Color plate 322 from Émile Boudier's work "Icones Mycologicae" (1904)
The total view of the scarlet goblet

Macroscopic features

The most striking feature of the scarlet goblet cup is the bright red inner wall, which is covered with the fruit layer. The fruiting body measures 3–5 cm on average and is approximately 0.5–2 cm in height. Furthermore, the fruit body has a white border on the upper and lower surface border. The lower half is completely white in the lower part and dull red with white pigmentation in the upper part. In addition, there are often hair-like structures on the underside. The stem is approx. 3 cm long, 4–6 mm thick and tapers downwards. The scarlet goblet has no typical smell of its own.

Microscopic features

The elliptical, colorless spores measure 24–35 × 10–14 micrometers and contain many small oil droplets. The haploid ascospores mature each to eight in the hoses zoom.

Species delimitation

The fungus differs only slightly from the common calyx cup ( Sarcoscypha austriaca ) and from Sarcoscypha dudleyi . There are three species each in Germany and Austria: Sarcoscypha austriaca, S. coccinea and S. jurana .

Distribution and ecology

The scarlet goblet is native to the western USA ( Pacific Northwest , California ) and Central Europe. The distribution area extends from the lowlands to the lower mountain ranges. The fungus is often found in North American maple forests , but it can also be found in other forests. Often times the mushrooms appear in flocks. They grow on branches and trunks of deciduous trees that are partially rotten and mossy on the ground and are partially covered by them. The soil that is often preferred is basic . Scarlet goblet cups are considered rare in all of Germany; in the Red Lists of large endangered mushrooms they usually have the status “endangered”. The fruiting bodies appear in early spring after the snow has melted, and even in late winter when the weather is good.

meaning

Origin of name

The name Sarcoscypha is derived from the Greek words σάρξ, σαρκός (sarx, gen. Sarkos: meat) and κῦφος (kyphos: cup). The specific epithet coccinea comes from the Latin coccineus : scarlet red.

Food value

Some sources describe the mushroom as edible .

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Position of the ascus
  2. ↑ Three species in the territory of the Federal Republic before 1990: German J. Krieglsteiner: Distribution atlas of large mushrooms in Germany (West) . tape 2 : Ashes . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8001-3318-0 , p. 531 . - Three species in Austria, of which Sarcoscypha jurana was initially only detected in Lower Austria: Helmut Pidlich-Aigner: Sarcoscypha austriaca (BECK ex SACC.) BOUD. and S. coccinea (SCOP .: FR.) LAMB. (Sarcoscyphaceae) in Styria . In: Joannea Botanik, Volume 1, Graz 1999, pp. 5–26, especially p. 6.
  3. ↑ Distribution in maple forests
  4. ↑ Growth location
  5. ↑ Edibility of the mushroom

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