Wildlife garden assistant

We returned home yesterday to find the usual holes dug by our local badger in the patch of grass we laughingly call a lawn. It's good to have help from the wildlife in the garden, in this case I have less grass to cut when it starts growing again in Spring :)

Walking through Lumbutts Clough this morning I came across these beauties in the wood:

They are Scarlet Elf Cups according to the local wildlife blog. They are quite small and legend has it that people used to dry them and use them for christmas tree decorations.