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Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
(Beck ex Sacc.) Boud. 1907
Ascomycota > Pezizomycetes > Pezizales > Sarcoscyphaceae
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Easton Estate TG1411Blickling Mill TG1630Buckenham Tofts Park (STANTA) TL8495Barnham Broom, Poors Wood TG0906Buckenham Tofts Park (STANTA) TL8495Hingham TG0201Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Ickburgh, High Ash TL810967Saxthorpe TG096321Hockering Wood TG0714Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Wheatfen, Surlingham TG328058Flordon Common TM1897Trowse Woods and Cemetery TG2506South Wootton, Reffley Wood TF655220Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7796Acle, Damgate Wood TG4010Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205Whitlingham CP and Broad TG2607Thorpe Marshes TG2708Acle, Damgate Wood TG4010Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Strumpshaw Fen TG3406Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF900300Titchwell RSPB TF750438Whitlingham CP and Broad TG2607Acle, Damgate Wood TG401100Thorpe Marshes TG2708Titchwell RSPB TF750437Acle, Damgate Wood TG401100Titchwell RSPB TF750438Norwich, Train Wood TG2209Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7245141373Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795New Costessey TG192109Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Beeston Regis Common TG164419Acle, Constable Doles TG409096Barney Wood TF9832Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF8930Woodbastwick Marshes TG338161Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO) TL87508235Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF724413Titchwell RSPB TF750438Thorpe Marshes TG271081Beeston Regis Common TG1642Titchwell RSPB TF750438Acle, Constable Doles TG405095Gooderstone Water Gardens TF7602Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF8930Acle, Damgate Wood TG401100South Wootton, Reffley Wood TF655218Titchwell RSPB TF750438Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM138976Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF902301Thorpe Marshes TG272080Southrepps Common TG2635Titchwell RSPB TF750438Strumpshaw Fen TG3406Rollesby, Trinity Broads TG477155Barton Turf TG355225North Burlingham Woods TG3610Acle, Damgate Wood TG4010Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL777955Hickling TG415225Titchwell RSPB TF750438Ormesby Little Broad TG4615Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods TF684383North Burlingham Woods TG366103Thurne TG4116Upton Fen TG381137Docking, Crescent Wood TF748395Trowse Woods TG252066Acle, Damgate Wood TG4010Buckenham Wood TG3607Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (East) TG209096Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods TF684383Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF724413Fring, Sedgeford Plantation TF729355Inmere, Hardacre Wood TF706344Titchwell RSPB TF749438Brancaster, Barrow Common TF791428Stow Bardolph TF630055Trowse Woods TG2506North Walsham, Pigney's Wood TG2932South Wootton, Reffley Wood TF653216Roydon TF698229Barnham Broom TG0707Gooderstone Water Gardens TF766022Titchwell RSPB TF755440Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF724413Norwich, Wensum Local Nature Reserve TG209096Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF896303Catfield TG387218South Wootton, Reffley Wood TF656217Roydon TF698229Titchwell RSPB TF749438Stow Bardolph TF630055Holt, Edgefield Woods TG078366

Summary

108 records from 52 different sites
Years (# of records): 1996 (1) 1999 (1) 2000 (4) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2006 (4) 2008 (2) 2010 (2) 2011 (1) 2014 (2) 2015 (6) 2016 (7) 2017 (12) 2018 (10) 2019 (7) 2020 (10) 2021 (10) 2022 (16) 2023 (11)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca
Associations: Acer; Alnus glutinosa; Bryophyta; Corylus; Crataegus monogyna; Quercus; Salix
Substrates: branch; buried wood; dead log; dead wood; dead wood, fallen; Deciduous litter; leaf litter; moss; rotten wood; soil; wood; wood, buried; woody debris, wet deciduous
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Andreas Beaumont; Andy Musgrove; Anne Crotty; Anne Edwards; Ash Murray; B. Sullivan; Chris Kelly; Donna Welch; Ernest Hoyos; foray; Francis Farrow; Gill Judd; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Johnson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kerry Harrison; Lorraine Auton; Mark Joy; Mark Wilson; Mary Hamilton; N. Middleton; Neil Mahler; Nigel Robson; R. Woods; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright; Tim Hodge; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Andreas Beaumont; Andy Musgrove; Anne Crotty; B. Sullivan; Chris Kelly; Gill Judd; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Johnson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kerry Harrison; Lorraine Auton; Mark Joy; Neil Mahler; R. Woods; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmers: Jenny Kelly; Neil Mahler; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd
Comments: '10+ fruiting bodies; Spores examined'; '16 fruiting bodies on one branch; ID confirmed with spores'; '3 fruiting bodies'; '30+ specimens. ID confirmed with spores'; '50+ fruiting bodies in 4m2'; '8 fruiting bodies'; 'carr'; 'Coiled hairs on outer surface of cup'; 'Confirmed with spores'; 'Corkscrew hairs on cap outer, blunt ended spores, spore budding observed after 10 day incubation, oil droplets moved to each end with clear gap in middle'; 'examined critically'; 'Felt on outer surface of cup has coiled hairs. Substrate recorded as Wet dead branches (willow or alder)'; 'ID confirmed with spores'; 'in moss under Corylus'; 'Outer surface with tomentum of coiled hairs'; 'Rather different from S. austriaca'; 'Single fruiting body; ID confirmed with spores'; 'Single specimen. ID confirmed with spores'; 'Spores examined'; 'Spores examined. Very dry terrain.'; 'With moss. Needle-like paraphyses and coiled tomentum on outside surface. Photos taken.'

Record Details

07/10/1996 Easton Estate; TG1411; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/02/1999 Blickling Mill; TG1630; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; R.E. Evans
00/00/2000 Buckenham Tofts Park (STANTA); TL8495; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
18/02/2000 Barnham Broom, Poors Wood; TG0906; B. Sullivan; B. Sullivan; R.E. Evans
11/03/2000 Buckenham Tofts Park (STANTA); TL8495; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
28/04/2000 Buckenham Tofts Park (STANTA); TL8495; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
14/06/2001 Hingham; TG0201; R. Woods; R. Woods; R.E. Evans
04/02/2002 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF9030; N. Middleton; A.R. Leech
05/03/2006 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Acer; branch; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
08/03/2006 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Acer; branch; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
18/03/2006 Saxthorpe; TG096321; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; "carr"
22/03/2006 Hockering Wood; TG0714; Corylus; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; "in moss under Corylus"
30/01/2008 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
01/03/2008 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG328058; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
10/04/2010 Flordon Common; TM1897; Ash Murray; Tony Leech
10/04/2010 Trowse Woods and Cemetery; TG2506; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
21/03/2011 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF655220; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
08/02/2014 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7796; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
15/03/2014 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG4010; Nigel Robson; Tony Leech
17/01/2015 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; foray; Tony Leech
00/02/2015 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; Anne Edwards; Tony Leech; "Rather different from S. austriaca"; DNA barcoded
07/02/2015 Whitlingham CP and Broad; TG2607; James Emerson; James Emerson
16/02/2015 Thorpe Marshes; TG2708; James Emerson; James Emerson
21/02/2015 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG4010; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
21/03/2015 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF9030; foray; Tony Leech
09/01/2016 Strumpshaw Fen; TG3406; James Emerson; James Emerson
13/01/2016 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF900300; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
19/01/2016 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
15/02/2016 Whitlingham CP and Broad; TG2607; James Emerson; James Emerson
17/02/2016 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG401100; leaf litter; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
19/02/2016 Thorpe Marshes; TG2708; James Emerson; James Emerson
28/12/2016 Titchwell RSPB; TF750437; James Emerson; James Emerson
04/01/2017 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG401100; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
08/01/2017 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
28/01/2017 Norwich, Train Wood; TG2209; James Emerson; James Emerson
04/02/2017 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7245141373; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
18/02/2017 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Tim Hodge; Tony Leech
19/02/2017 New Costessey; TG192109; James Emerson; James Emerson
22/02/2017 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF9030; Deciduous litter; foray; Tony Leech
25/02/2017 Beeston Regis Common; TG164419; Francis Farrow; Tony Leech
10/03/2017 Acle, Constable Doles; TG409096; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
18/03/2017 Barney Wood; TF9832; Steve Pinnington; Neil Mahler
22/03/2017 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF8930; foray; Tony Leech
27/03/2017 Woodbastwick Marshes; TG338161; Salix; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
19/01/2018 Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO); TL87508235; Andy Musgrove; Andy Musgrove; "examined critically"
31/01/2018 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF724413; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
01/02/2018 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
13/02/2018 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; James Emerson; James Emerson; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
15/02/2018 Thorpe Marshes; TG271081; James Emerson; James Emerson; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
18/02/2018 Beeston Regis Common; TG1642; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
11/03/2018 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; James Emerson; James Emerson; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
14/03/2018 Acle, Constable Doles; TG405095; Salix; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
15/03/2018 Gooderstone Water Gardens; TF7602; Salix; dead wood; Ernest Hoyos; Tony Leech; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
21/03/2018 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF8930; foray; Jenny Kelly; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
17/01/2019 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG401100; woody debris, wet deciduous; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
02/02/2019 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF655218; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
11/02/2019 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/02/2019 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM138976; Corylus; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler
20/02/2019 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF902301; dead wood; Mary Hamilton; Jenny Kelly
23/02/2019 Thorpe Marshes; TG272080; dead wood; James Emerson; James Emerson
16/03/2019 Southrepps Common; TG2635; Kerry Harrison; Kerry Harrison
20/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Confirmed with spores"; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
31/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB; TF751438; soil; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; "With moss. Needle-like paraphyses and coiled tomentum on outside surface. Photos taken."; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
05/02/2020 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; Salix; dead wood; Mark Wilson; Tony Leech; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
15/02/2020 Strumpshaw Fen; TG3406; Salix; soil; Lorraine Auton; Lorraine Auton; Neil Mahler; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
18/02/2020 Rollesby, Trinity Broads; TG477155; Quercus; soil; Steve Pinnington; Steve Pinnington; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
02/03/2020 Barton Turf; TG355225; Alnus glutinosa; buried wood; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
02/03/2020 North Burlingham Woods; TG3610; soil; Gill Judd; Gill Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
11/03/2020 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG4010; rotten wood; Gill Judd; Gill Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
12/03/2020 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL777955; Salix; soil; Donna Welch; Tony Leech; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
30/09/2020 Hickling; TG415225; dead wood; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
22/01/2021 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
29/01/2021 Ormesby Little Broad; TG4615; Alnus glutinosa; dead log; Steve Pinnington; Steve Pinnington; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
18/02/2021 Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods; TF684383; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
18/02/2021 North Burlingham Woods; TG366103; rotten wood; Gill Judd; Gill Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
24/02/2021 Thurne; TG4116; Alnus glutinosa; soil; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
26/02/2021 Upton Fen; TG381137; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
28/03/2021 Docking, Crescent Wood; TF748395; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined. Very dry terrain."
29/03/2021 Trowse Woods; TG252066; soil; James Emerson; James Emerson
29/03/2021 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG4010; wood; Gill Judd; Gill Judd; Steve Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]
29/12/2021 Buckenham Wood; TG3607; Salix; leaf litter; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; [as Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca]; Lit. cited: 25
23/01/2022 Norwich, Sweet Briar Marshes (East); TG209096; dead wood; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "Spores examined"
10/02/2022 Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods; TF684383; buried wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "50+ fruiting bodies in 4m2"
12/02/2022 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF724413; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "8 fruiting bodies"
19/02/2022 Fring, Sedgeford Plantation; TF729355; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "16 fruiting bodies on one branch; ID confirmed with spores"
21/02/2022 Inmere, Hardacre Wood; TF706344; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/02/2022 Titchwell RSPB; TF749438; buried wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
26/02/2022 Titchwell RSPB; TF751438; moss; Jenny Johnson; Jenny Johnson
27/02/2022 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF791428; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/03/2022 Stow Bardolph; TF630055; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
; Additional NotesGR: TF6307505532

05/03/2022 Trowse Woods; TG2506; dead wood; James Emerson; James Emerson; "Corkscrew hairs on cap outer, blunt ended spores, spore budding observed after 10 day incubation, oil droplets moved to each end with clear gap in middle"
05/03/2022 North Walsham, Pigney's Wood; TG2932; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
06/03/2022 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF653216; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
; Additional NotesGR: TF6535721682

14/03/2022 Roydon; TF698229; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "10+ fruiting bodies; Spores examined"
20/03/2022 Barnham Broom; TG0707; soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; Steve Judd
22/03/2022 Gooderstone Water Gardens; TF766022; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
30/03/2022 Titchwell RSPB; TF755440; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
08/01/2023 Titchwell RSPB; TF749438; Bryophyta; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
15/01/2023 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF724413; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "3 fruiting bodies"
15/01/2023 Norwich, Wensum Local Nature Reserve; TG209096; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Felt on outer surface of cup has coiled hairs. Substrate recorded as Wet dead branches (willow or alder)"
18/01/2023 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF896303; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
31/01/2023 Catfield; TG387218; dead wood, fallen; Andreas Beaumont; Andreas Beaumont; "Outer surface with tomentum of coiled hairs"
22/02/2023 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF656217; Crataegus monogyna; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Single specimen. ID confirmed with spores"
22/02/2023 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF654217; wood, buried; Chris Kelly; Chris Kelly; "30+ specimens. ID confirmed with spores"
23/02/2023 Roydon; TF698229; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Single fruiting body; ID confirmed with spores"
08/03/2023 Titchwell RSPB; TF749438; Bryophyta; dead wood; Chris Kelly; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
; Additional Notes28 fruiting bodies in 1.5 m2; 128 fruiting bodies counted between carpark and end of Meadow trail

20/03/2023 Stow Bardolph; TF630055; dead wood; Chris Kelly; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
17/04/2023 Holt, Edgefield Woods; TG078366; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; "Coiled hairs on outer surface of cup"

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