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Scarlet elfcup - Edible early spring mushrooms - (Sarcoscypha austriaca - Austrian cup) The mushroom cap is cup-shaped. It can be up to 8 cm d. The inside of the cup is bright red, brick red, and the edge is sometimes rolled up and is much lighter. The leg is very short, thin and cylindrical in shape. The color is identical to the outer part of the mushroom. The leg is quite firmly set in the ground, the composition of which is rotten wood The flesh is thin, has no perceptible taste and smell, but still edible and has culinary uses Occurrence: The fungus appears in early spring, mainly in the mountains, in wetlands where the soil is humus. It usually grows in groups accompanied by deciduous trees - maple, willow, alder.

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