fungi

Is anyone here a mycologist?  Beside the path back to my compost heap 
there has appeared quite a lot of fungi that I never saw before.  These are
small - maybe half an inch to an inch, flat to cup-shaped structures of a
brilliant red-orange color.  I tried to take a picture of them, but couldn't 
get anything that I thought would be helpful - I'm not much good with 
the fancy digital camera my son gave us - did far better with my old 
SLR.  I have looked in the picture-book of mushrooms and such that
I haveh bit the one that most closely resembles what I have just says
"A species closely related to that in plate 132."  Plate 132 is 
Peziza umbrina, but that doesn't help me any.  These are growing on
a rather steep, dry, shaded bank in a wooded area.  I'm really curious
about them.
Auralie

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