Editing Sarcoscypha (section)

==Description==
Species in ''Sarcoscypha'' have cup-shaped fruiting bodies ([[apothecia]]) that are typically colored bright red or yellow, although a colorless variety of ''S.&nbsp;coccinea'' is known.<ref>Van Duuren Y, Van Duuren G. (2005). Bijzondere waarnemingen en vondsten. [White ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'' fruitbodies and a foray.] ''Coolia'' '''48'''(3): 169-170.</ref> Apothecia usually have a [[stipe (mycology)|stipe]], although some individuals may appear to be attached directly (i.e., [[Sessility (botany)|sessile]]) to the growing surface. [[Ascus|Asci]] are cylindrical in shape, thick-walled, and have an apical operculum<ref name=Harrington1998 />—a cover or lid that is opened prior to [[spore]] discharge.

===Anamorph form===
Anamorphic or [[fungi imperfecti|imperfect fungi]] are those that seem to lack a sexual stage in their [[biological life cycle|life cycle]], and typically reproduce by the process of [[mitosis]] in structures called [[conidium|conidia]]. In some cases, the sexual stage—or [[teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph|teleomorph]] stage—is later identified, and a teleomorph-anamorph relationship is established between the species. The [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]] formerly permitted recognition of two (or more) names for one and the same organisms, one based on the teleomorph, the other(s) restricted to the anamorph; this practice was stopped in 2011. The anamorphic state of ''S.&nbsp;coccinea'' is ''Molliardiomyces eucoccinea'', first described by [[Marin Molliard]] in 1904.<ref name=Molliard1904>{{cite journal |author=Molliard M. |year=1904 |title=Forme conidienne de ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'' (Jacq.) Cooke. Bull. |trans-title=Conidial form of ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'' (Jacq.) Cooke. Bull. |journal=Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France |volume=20 |pages=138–41 |language=French}}</ref> In 1972, [[John W. Paden]] again described the anamorph,<ref name=Paden1972>{{cite journal |author=Paden JW. |year=1972 |title=Imperfect states and the taxonomy of the Pezizales |journal=Persoonia |volume=6 |pages=405–14}}</ref> but like Molliard, failed to give a complete description of the species. In 1984, Paden created a new genus ''Molliardiomyces'' to contain the anamorphic forms of several ''Sarcoscypha'' species, with ''Molliardiomyces eucoccinea'' as the type species. This form produces colorless [[conidiophore]]s (specialized stalks that bear [[conidia]]) that are usually irregularly branched, measuring 30–110 by 3.2–4.7&nbsp;μm. The conidia are [[wikt:ellipsoid|ellipsoidal]] to egg-shaped, smooth, translucent ([[hyaline]]), and 4.8–16.0 by 2.3–5.8&nbsp;μm; they tend to accumulate in "mucilaginous masses".<ref name=Paden1984>{{cite journal |author=Paden JW. |year=1984 |title=A new genus of Hyphomycetes with teleomorphs in the Sarcoscyphaceae (Pezizales, Sarcoscyphineae) |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=211–18 |doi=10.1139/b84-035}}</ref>