 Depending on their age , the fruit bodies of S. occidentalis may range in shape from deep cups to saucers to discs in maturity , and they can reach diameters up to 2 cm ( 0 @.@ 8 in ) . In young specimens , the edges of the cup are curled inwards , and crenulate ( with small rounded scallops ) ; the cup edges in older specimens become laciniate ( with jagged edges cut into irregular segments ) . The cups rest atop a stem that is small to medium @-@ sized , up to 30 mm ( 1 @.@ 2 in ) long and 1 @.@ 5 – 2 mm thick , and attached centrally or to the side to the underside of the cup . The base of the stem may be covered with translucent " hairs " . The fertile spore @-@ bearing inner surface of the cups , the hymenium , is bright red but fades to yellow or orange when dry . It is smooth or becomes so with time . The fruit bodies are fleshy to rubbery when fresh , but become leathery when dry . The flesh is thin and has no distinctive odor or taste . S. occidentalis is " of no culinary value " . A Jamaican variety has been named ( as Plectania occidentalis var. jamaicensis ) ; it has a pinker hymenium . 
