Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Mycology

  • Scarlet Elfcup

    Scarlet Elfcup

    What do the woodland elves use to drink their morning dew? Why, elfcups of course. On the damp floor of the wooded Slacks Quarry, the vivid red of the Scarlet Elfcups are in sharp contrast to the greens of the mosses. Sarcoscypha austriaca is its scientific name, meaning from Austria, although this fungus is found…