Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scarlet chalice beaker Ling ( Sarcoscypha coccinea)
The Scarlet chalice beaker Ling ( Sarcoscypha coccinea), also Cinnabar Red chalice beaker Ling or cinnabar red splendor called peel fungus, an ascomycete from the family of chalice beaker Ling relatives is ( Sarcoscyphaceae ).
- 4.1 Origin of the name
- 4.2 edibility
- 5.1 Notes and references
Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The most striking feature of the Scarlet calyx cup -form is the strong red light interior wall that is covered with the fruit layer. The fruit body measures on average 3-5 cm and is about 0.5-2 cm in height. Furthermore it has the fruit body has a white border on the top and bottom surface boundary. The lower half is in the lower part all white, dull red at the top with white pigmentation. In addition, often are hair-like structures at the bottom. The stem is about 3 cm long, 4-6 mm thick and tapers down. The Scarlet chalice beaker Ling does not have its own distinctive smell.
Microscopic characteristics
The elliptical, colorless spores measure 24-35 × 10-14 microns, and contain many small oil droplets. The haploid ascospores mature each to eight zoom in the hoses.
Artabgrenzung
The fungus is distinguished by tiny differences of the commons chalice beaker Ling ( Sarcoscypha austriaca ) and Sarcoscypha dudleyi.
Distribution and ecology
The Scarlet chalice beaker Ling is native only in the Pacific Northwest, Central Europe and in California. From lowland to lower mountain ranges extends the area of distribution. Frequently encountered is the fungus in North American maple woods, but it is also eaten in other forests. Often, by the mushrooms on in herds. They grow up lying on the ground and partially rotted and moss-covered branches and trunks of deciduous trees, are thereby partially covered by them. The often preferred soil is alkaline. Scarlet chalice beaker shekels of throughout Germany as rare in the Red List of endangered species possess this status of " endangered". The fruiting bodies appear in early spring after the snow melts, if the weather even in late winter.
Importance
Origin of the name
The name derives Sarcoscypha σάρξ from the Greek words, σαρκός ( sarx, gen sarkos: meat) and κῦφος ( kyphos: cup) from. The specific epithet comes from the Latin coccinea coccineus: scarlet.
Feed value
Some sources describe the mushroom as edible.