This last weekend I was clearing out some underbrush and digging a hole to plant an apple tree...I saw a bright red fungus I hadn't seen before. I looked it up...it's a Scarlet Cup Fungus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha_coccinea
I got a kick out that bright red on cold, wet, gray afternoon.
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Scarlet Cup Fungus
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Re: Scarlet Cup Fungus
Very neat. I haven't seen that one before.
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Re: Scarlet Cup Fungus
Thanks marlingardener and butterflylady. This week I had a little more color to brighten up the place....to continue the theme of "red" here's a shot of two red-breasted sapsuckers on a red alder! Take a look at the holes in the branch to get an idea of why it's called red alder.
It's a real treat to get a picture of these two.
It's a real treat to get a picture of these two.
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Avoid predictable disaster caused by unpredictable events, keep yourself open to positive outcomes from improbable events. -Aaron C. Brown
Re: Scarlet Cup Fungus
That's a great photo 
I don't know if we get those birds around here and I've never seen them before. Very cool.
I don't know if we get those birds around here and I've never seen them before. Very cool.Learning never ends because we can share what we've learned. And in sharing our collective experiences, we gain deeper understanding of what we learned.