Scarlet Elf Cups (Sarcoscypha coccinea) and Ruby Elf Cups (Sarcoscypha austriaca) (indistinguishable without microscopy) are one of the few Spring mushrooms that are also edible. They have a mild taste (when overcooked, can become flavourless). They can be gently pan-fried in a little oil/ butter or used in a stew, and they make a nice addition to pasta and rice dishes, or fried eggs.
If you're out looking for them, Elf Cups enjoy wet, muddy places (often close to a stream), and they grow on fallen twigs, rotting wood, under dead leaves but can be easily spotted because of their bright red color.
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Red Cracking Bolete Boletus chrysenteron
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Spring has never been this beautiful before, it's like the new world welcomed me back in it and for the first time in years and this time i noticed it, knowing that i could be buried under the new trees but i was lucky enough to show them to you instead. Green is the color of hope
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