Sarcoscypha austriaca Scarlet Elf Cup
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This is a fungus which fruits in the late winter and early spring and it lives on fallen twigs of willow trees.
We found two colonies today in a local nature reserve.
I shot some by flash and some by sunlight.
Olympus EM-1 (manual mode), Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f11, twin flash hand-held.
Olympus EM-1, (aperture priority), Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, f11, 1/40 and 1/10 sec, hand-held.
The stereos will be uploaded tomorrow.
Harold
1/40 sec sunlight:
1/10 sec sunlight:
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While it has now been confirmed as the Scarlet Cup I have edited the title to give the specific name as [i]austriaca[/i]. Various combinations of common and scientific names have been used in the past.
At high magnification, the tiny hairs (at x400) are anything but straight.
Harold