Cup Fungus. (1 Viewer)

[Stonechat4]

I was unable to climb the wall to get closer for more detail with a smartphone, but I reckon this fungus is Scarlet Elfcup. As I see it, the lookalike Ruby Elfcup is only distinguished through microscopic study to separate the two. I'm interested in any comments on this and the status of it.

 

[Butty]

Not sure why you (appear to) favour one species over the other. (I have no view on the ID.)

 

[Ficedula]

Not sure why you (appear to) favour one species over the other. (I have no view on the ID.)

Indeed, these cannot be identified without microscopical details, and then difficult. Scarlet supposed to be the commonest, but I suspect this impression comes from the vast majority or records that default to this species in the absence of microscopy? Ruby probably not infrequent.

 

[Stonechat4]

Not sure why you (appear to) favour one species over the other. (I have no view on the ID.)

'Appear to' and 'supposed to be the commonest', both give the answer to why I favoured Scarlet over Ruby....Life was never meant to be easy!

Thanks for the responses guys.