Southern Finland.
It's growing on the stick. Roughly the size of an adult's fingertip.
Yes, I've always known them as elf cups
I thought those were called fairy fleshlights.
Only in very specific circles
Fairy ringa?
Thanks. "Scarlet elf cup": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha_coccinea
Most pics look different but further down there's a pretty good match.
Yes, looks like a Sarcoscypha species
Have you tried jabbing it and seeing what it feels like?
No. A kid discovered this and as the responsible adult: we do not touch mushrooms we know nothing about. Why, what info would that have given me?
nope gummies
I was going to say raspberry butter tart.
At first glance, it looked like that cup was filled with bright red jelly.
Let us turn the thought around: if not mushroom, what else might it be; aliens? Occam's Razor applies.