Wildlife Database
🍄
FungusLCLeast Concern

Scarlet Elf Cup

Sarcoscypha austriaca

About

A brilliant red cup fungus emerging in late winter and early spring on rotting wood and debris in damp woodland. One of the most vivid colours in the winter landscape, it was reportedly used to dress wounds by Native Americans.

Community Sightings

View all

🔭

No sightings recorded yet. Be the first!

Record a sighting

🍄

Spotted one?

Record your Scarlet Elf Cup sighting and share it with the community.

Record sighting

Quick Facts

Category
Fungus
Latin name
Sarcoscypha austriaca
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
Community sightings
0
Advertisement300×250

Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.