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Scarlet Elfcup
A bright scarlet cup fungus with a whitish, downy outer surface that fruits on fallen hardwood sticks in late winter and early spring. In eastern North America it is macroscopically identical to S. dudleyi and can only be separated by microscopy. It belongs to a species complex with S. coccinea and S. dudleyi.
Generally considered inedible, though the Norwegian Association for Mycology and Foraging lists it as edible. Sources disagree; not recommended.
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