PEZIZALES: epigeous ascocarps with operculate ascus; families: Ascobolaceae, Helvellaceae, Humariaceae, Morchellaceae, Otideaceae, Pezizaceae, Sarcoscyphaceae, Tuberaceae( in its own order, Tuberales).

• Sarcoscyphaceae: ascus operculate; ascus inamyloid; hymenium bright orange, orange-red, or red.

Sarcoscypha coccinea: on woody twigs of hardwoods; not common; hymenium bright-red

Pithya vulgaris: typically a snow-bank fungus growing on conifer branches in elevations above 3000 feet; hymenium orange to orange-red.

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