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Scarlet Elfcup

Sarcoscypha austriaca

1,186Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan213
Feb346
Mar365
Apr167
May10
Jun1
Jul3
Aug0
Sep2
Oct12
Nov11
Dec25

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England178
2Norfolk England90
3Bristol, City of England62
4Cambridgeshire England58
5Pembrokeshire Wales49
6Highland Scotland36
7Renfrewshire Scotland33
8Argyll and Bute Scotland28
9Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland23
10Worcestershire England21
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland18
12Denbighshire Wales15
13North Yorkshire England14
14Sefton England14
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland14
725 England168 Scotland150 Wales91 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,186
Peak month
March
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Sarcoscypha austriaca
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,115
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Pezizomycetes
Order
Pezizales
Family
Sarcoscyphaceae
Genus
Sarcoscypha
Name with authority
Sarcoscypha austriaca (Beck ex Sacc.) Boud.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8689016