Sarcoscypha austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
(Scarlet Elfcup)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Sarcoscypha austriaca var austriaca Scarlet Elfcup					Variety		63 images	1 ident. refs
Sarcoscypha austriaca var lutea Scarlet Elfcup - Yellow Form					Variety			2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
Genus	Sarcoscypha (elfcups)
Family	SARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sarcoscypha austriaca is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup) :
1: Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)
	? UNK	Unknown country

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Butterfill, G.B. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	Sarcoscypha (Pezizales) in Britain	Mycologist Vol 09 (1): 20-26.
	Jarvis, N.	2000	Things to come … Sarcoscypha austriaca	Vol 1 (4) Page: Rear cover
	Spooner, B.	2002	The larger Cup Fungi in Britain, part 4: Sarcoscyphaceae and Sarcosomataceae	Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 9-14.

Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Sarcoscypha
(elfcups)

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarcoscypha austriaca (Scarlet Elfcup)

A bright red discomycete fungus which occurs in the spring on rotten branches, on the ground, etc especially in the west. It is a recent arrival which seems to have largely displaced S. coccinea from which it can only be distinguished under the microscope.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sarcoscypha austriaca is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)