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scarlet elf cap

Scutellinia scutellata

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Field Notes

Description:

eyelash cup, the Molly eye-winker, the scarlet elf cap, the eyelash fungus or the eyelash pixie cup, is a small saprophytic fungus of the genus Scutellinia. It is the type species of Scutellinia, as well as being the most common and widespread. The fruiting bodies are small red cups with distinct long, dark hairs or "eyelashes". These eyelashes are the most distinctive feature and are easily visible with a magnifying glass. From Wikipedia

Notes:

This is the strangest thing I ever found. It is very small, brilliant orange, or red and you can see the hairs around it. Do you know what this is?

Species ID Suggestions

Eyelash pixie cup

Scutellinia scutellata

Comments (3)

Thanks so much for your help RebeccaSatterlee.
Thank you so very much for ID Mark Ridgway. I used "scarlet elf cap" as common name because it was really the color of scarlet and I like the sound of it :-) Thanks so much again.

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