Darren Boxer visited the garden recently to photograph the Scarlet Elf Cap fungi that are growing in the copses by the Aqualab. While setting up his cameras he had a surprise visitor - a newt ambled across the scene!
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As far as I can make out the use of CUPS is interchangeable with CAPS in the fungus name; it seems to often depend on where you are!
ReplyDeleteThe Scientific name is Sarcoscypha coccinea , but there is a near identical species called Sarcoscypha austriaca which can sometimes only be identified by spore shape. However, from the bright colour I am reasonably sure that our Scarlet Elf Cups /Caps are Sarcoscypha coccinea.
(I had spoken to an amateur fungi expert a few years ago on this)
However, I await any comments from any of our regular fungi people.
Some of our Fungi experts are discussing which species this is, I am sure that we will find out positively in the next few days.
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