Concave red fungus found growing in beech woods in November at nearly 300 metres above sea level at Birdlip hill near Gloucester England. It looks similar to Orange peel fungus but for colour and enviroment and time of year. Kingdom = Fungi. Phyum=Ascomycota. Speces probably = Sarcoscypha Coccinea (Scop) Lambotte.
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The same red fungus was present in some profusion on fallen moss-encrusted timber on 6 March 2009 by the Cotswold Way, also in Witcombe Wood, but about half a mile further on from Birdlip Hill towards Cooper’s Hill.
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21/07/08 05:47 AM
http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Sarcoscypha_coccinea.html is a good bet for the cup fungi that you photographed and said you would like to know the scientific name for.