Showing posts with label Scarlet Elf Cap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scarlet Elf Cap. Show all posts

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Cups and Caps at Paxton

Still a lot of fungi around at Paxton Pits including several species of cups as well as traditional clumps of Mycena etc. The Scarlet Elf Caps, Sarcoscypha spp (S. austriaca is the commoner but indistiguishable in the field from S. coccinea) are just starting to fruit - this one with an unusually long stem to get above the moss but also Brown Cups (Rutstroemia firma),  Lemon Cups (Bisporella citrina) and the impressive Green Elfcup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens). The Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina) was on a lot of twigs.