 Sarcoscypha dudleyi , commonly known as the crimson cup or the scarlet cup , is a species of fungus in the Sarcoscyphaceae family of the Pezizales order . In addition to its main distribution in the central to eastern United States , the fungus has also been recorded once in Bulgaria . It has been frequently confused with Sarcoscypha coccinea , but can be distinguished by the presence of a large, deep red cup. nobody knows the name of this fungus in the usa.
Sarcoscypha dudleyi was first described scientifically in 1955 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck. The fungus was discovered in 