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Sarcoscyphaceae

Sarcoscyphaceae
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Sarcoscypha coccinea, the scarlet elf cup
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Le Gal ex Eckblad (1968)
Type genus
Sarcoscypha
(Fr.) Boud. (1885)
Genera

Aurophora
Cookeina
Geodina
Kompsoscypha
Microstoma
Nanoscypha
Phillipsia
Pithya
Pseudopithyella
Sarcoscypha
Thindia
Wynnea


Aurophora
Cookeina
Geodina
Kompsoscypha
Microstoma
Nanoscypha
Phillipsia
Pithya
Pseudopithyella
Sarcoscypha
Thindia
Wynnea

The Sarcoscyphaceae are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. A 2008 estimate places 13 genera and 102 species in the family. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.



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