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Sarcoscypha coccinea (Ruby Elfcup)
(Gray) Boud. 1900
Ascomycota > Pezizomycetes > Pezizales > Sarcoscyphaceae
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Barnham Broom TG0807Bergh Apton (BACT) TM3199Buckenham Carrs TG3605Corpusty TG1132Dillington Carr TF9715Gillingham Thicks TM4191Gooderstone Water Gardens TF7602Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods TF6838Hockering Wood TG0714Honingham Fen TG0912Kimberley TG0704Lenwade Pits TG1018North Burlingham Woods TG3610Norwich, Marston Marshes TG2105Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation TF7039Saxthorpe Woods TG1132Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734South Wootton, Reffley Wood TF6531Southrepps Common TG2635Titchwell, Gipsy Lane TF7643Upgate Common TG1418Wayland Wood, Watton TL9299Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205Whitlingham CP and Broad TG2807

Summary

40 records from 24 different sites
Years (# of records): 1977 (1) 1978 (2) 1979 (2) 1981 (1) 1982 (1) 1983 (1) 1987 (1) 1988 (1) 1989 (1) 1991 (1) 1992 (1) 1994 (1) 1995 (1) 1996 (1) 1998 (1) 2015 (2) 2017 (1) 2018 (1) 2022 (3) 2023 (4) 2024 (3) 2025 (9)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Betula; Bryophyta; Corylus; Fraxinus excelsior; Salix
Substrates: buried wood; dead branch; dead branch, deciduous; dead wood; leaf litter; mossy stump; soil; twig, fallen; woody debris; woody litter
Finders: A.L. Bull; Alex Lowe; Anne Crotty; Chris Kelly; Ernest Hoyos; foray; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; Sarah Barney; Stewart Wright; Tony Moverley; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; R.E. Evans; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: Tony Leech
Comments: '3+ specimens; spores examined'; '36+ fruiting bodies; narrow spores, rounded both ends'; '4+ fruiting bodies; spores examined - narrow (9/10microns), rounded both ends'; 'By roadside'; 'Hairs examined microscopically'; 'Matted hairs as opposed to the coiled, sinuous hairs on Scarlet Elfcup S. austriaca.'; 'Narrow spores (range 9-11microns, mean 10 microns), both ends of spores rounded; straight hairs on uderside of cup'; 'Single specimen'; 'single specimen; spores examined'; 'Spores examined'; 'spores examined - narrow (26 x 9), rounded both ends. Straight hairs'; 'spores examined; 8 fruiting bodies on one log'; 'spores examined; narrow (9-11mm wide), both ends rounded'; 'Three large specimens'; 'Three specimens on Salix'; 'Uncoiled hairs on outer cap surface '; 'uncoiled/straight hairs'

Record Details

27/02/1977 Honingham Fen; TG0912; Corylus; twig, fallen; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
19/03/1978 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
21/04/1978 Lenwade Pits; TG1018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
05/03/1979 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/03/1979 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
04/04/1981 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Three large specimens"
18/04/1982 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/02/1983 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
22/02/1987 Corpusty; TG1132; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Single specimen"
26/04/1988 Saxthorpe Woods; TG1132; Salix; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Three specimens on Salix"
12/02/1989 Hockering Wood; TG0714; Betula; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/03/1991 Lenwade Pits; TG1018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/05/1992 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; Salix; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/12/1994 Kimberley; TG0704; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "By roadside"
22/10/1995 Barnham Broom; TG0807; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/02/1996 Gillingham Thicks; TM4191; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
16/02/1998 Honingham Fen; TG0911; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/01/2015 Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation; TF703398; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Tony Leech
08/02/2015 Whitlingham CP and Broad; TG282072; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
12/03/2017 Wayland Wood, Watton; TL923996; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
05/03/2018 Gooderstone Water Gardens; TF762021; Ernest Hoyos; Tony Leech
23/01/2022 Upgate Common; TG1418; Salix; leaf litter; Stewart Wright; Tony Moverley; "uncoiled/straight hairs"
20/03/2022 Norwich, Marston Marshes; TG214056; Salix; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; Tony Leech
03/04/2022 Southrepps Common; TG2635; soil; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; "Uncoiled hairs on outer cap surface "
14/01/2023 Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods; TF684383; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Tony Leech
01/03/2023 Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation; TF703399; Bryophyta; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
18/03/2023 Buckenham Carrs; TG3605; soil; Alex Lowe; Steve Judd; "Hairs examined microscopically"
13/04/2023 Wayland Wood, Watton; TL926996; dead wood; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
10/02/2024 Ringstead Chalk Pit and Plantation; TF703399; Bryophyta; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined; 8 fruiting bodies on one log"
27/02/2024 Titchwell, Gipsy Lane; TF764439; Fraxinus excelsior; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "single specimen; spores examined"
17/03/2024 Wayland Wood, Watton; TL9299; dead branch, deciduous; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; Lit. cited: 25;217
11/01/2025 Dillington Carr; TF9715; woody litter; foray; Tony Moverley; "Matted hairs as opposed to the coiled, sinuous hairs on Scarlet Elfcup S. austriaca."
11/01/2025 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF655217; woody debris; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "36+ fruiting bodies; narrow spores, rounded both ends"
11/01/2025 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF653217; woody debris; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "4+ fruiting bodies; spores examined - narrow (9/10microns), rounded both ends"
18/01/2025 Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods; TF684383; dead wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined; narrow (9-11mm wide), both ends rounded"
19/01/2025 Bergh Apton (BACT); TM3199; mossy stump; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
26/01/2025 North Burlingham Woods; TG365103; dead wood; Sarah Barney; Ian Senior
26/01/2025 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF678341; buried wood; Keith Fox; Jenny Kelly; "Narrow spores (range 9-11microns, mean 10 microns), both ends of spores rounded; straight hairs on uderside of cup"
11/02/2025 Titchwell, Gipsy Lane; TF764438; Fraxinus excelsior; dead branch; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "3+ specimens; spores examined"
26/12/2025 South Wootton, Reffley Wood; TF654317; woody debris; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined - narrow (26 x 9), rounded both ends. Straight hairs"; Lit. cited: 127;259

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