commonly known cup eye scarlet cap fungus cup small fungus genus type species common widespread fruiting bodies small red cups distinct long dark hairs distinctive feature easily visible glass species common north_america europe recorded continent found rotting wood damp habitats typically growing small groups forming clusters described small size means suitable use despite popular mushroom hunters unusual hairs making memorable easy identify taxonomy described book given current des sciences named specific latin like small shield common names include fungus cup scarlet cap eye cup genus currently placed family genera lack microscopic characteristics lack uniting characters led authors propose variety classification schemes study british specimens revealed species originally described french botanist synonymous description fruiting body shallow disc shape typically diameter youngest specimens entirely spherical cups open expand disc maturity inner surface cup fertile spore bearing surface known hymenium bright orange red outer surface sterile surface pale brown flesh red thin outer surface covered dark coloured stiff hairs measuring length base hairs thick pointed hairs form distinctive margin cup visible naked eye easily visible glass stalk microscopic features approximately size releases elliptical spores measuring translucent hyaline rough exterior small contain small oil white present large numbers like spore print cylindrical shape feature distinct cells electron revealed roughly like covering apex ring edibility list list having unknown edibility considers small interest lacks distinctive smell taste distribution habitat common europe found late spring late autumn north_america fruits winter spring collected colombia india iceland israel new_guinea russia turkey saprobic species grows generally regions fruiting rotten wood damp soil found ashes wet leaves fungi alaska found growing year study succession fungal flora appearing cut stumps trees showed appeared roughly middle fungal succession years tree cut species growing wood obscured surrounding moss found typically fruit groups forming dense clusters rotting wood plant small size overlooked mycologist observed discovery cup great pleasure beauty describes attractive little fungus claims easy notice bright molecules found naturally plants types fungi including study reported composition fungus found contain high proportion ring beta present minor amounts structurally related similar species dozen species common widespread microscope required differentiate type species genus differentiated larger size distinctive describes easily recognizable mistaken larger fruiting body larger spores having shorter obvious hairs slightly smaller orange yellow colour smooth spores smaller short pale hairs spores lacking oil bright orange small brown hairs pennsylvania cup smaller north american version smaller hairs spores similar reliably distinguished roughly spherical typically diameter species genus smaller similar fungi favour rotting wood include species cup fungi favour burned ground
Scutellinia scutellata