Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Species: Sarcoscypha austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
Synonyms: Cwpan Robin Goch
Peziza austriaca
Sarcoscypha austriaca var. austriaca
Sarcoscypha austriaca var. lutea
Common Name: Scarlet Elfcup


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Sarcoscypha austriacaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Alnus glutinosa (29)
Salix cinerea (3)
Acer pseudoplatanus (3)
Salix (2)
Betula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Magnoliophyta (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (11)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Swamp (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (14)
Twig (14)
Wood (12)
Branch (10)
Fallen Twig (3)
Fallen Branch (2)
Fallen Wood (2)
Bark (1)
Cut Trunk (1)
Soil bare (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (12)
February (20)
March (12)
April (8)
May (1)
October (9)
November (3)
December (5)