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Dacrymyces stillatus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Common Jellyspot, Gallerttropfen
Dacrymyces stillatus Mushroom
Ref No: 7662
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass), Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Dacrymyces stillatus Nees ex Fr. syn. Dacrymyces deliquescens (Mérat) Duby Gallerttropfen Common Jellyspot Fruit body 1–5mm across, gelatinous, more or less cushion-shaped often merging into one another, orange-yellow becoming darker reddish and wrinkled with age. Spores orange-yellow, sausage-shaped, 12–15×5–6µ, becoming three-septate. Basidia resembling tuning-forks. Habitat on damp, decaying wood. Season all year. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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