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jelly fungus

Dacryopinax spathularia

Description:

small yellow fungi on a fallen log



1 species ID suggestions

pouihi
pouihi 11 months ago
Yellow earth tongue
Spathularia flavida

11 Comments

namitha
namitha 8 months ago

Welcome NuwanChathuranga. I learnt 3 new species today though I was searching for only one
1]Calocera viscosa [yellow stagshorn] 2] Spathularia flavida [Yellow earth tongue] and the right one 3] Dacryopinax spathularia an edible jelly fungus.
Thank you all, it has been very informative.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 8 months ago

these are less than 2cm in size so i go with chandrahas.dabke's suggestion thank you all for the help!

namitha
namitha 8 months ago

The similarity is amazing same colour, similar shape, similar habitat, but if the size also matches then what chandrahas.dabke suggested would be right. From this photo its tough to make out the actual size, but it seems taller than 2 cm. Because Dacryopinax spathularia is a smaller species- "The fruit bodies of Dacryopinax spathularia are spatula-shaped, usually 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) tall and between 0.5–3 mm wide."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacryopinax_spathularia
But if NuwanChathuranga confirm that it is less than 2cm in length then it could be Dacryopinax spathularia.

chandrahas.dabke
chandrahas.dabke 8 months ago


Just check this link. It looks similar
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/141...

namitha
namitha 8 months ago

I also think it is Calocera viscosa [yellow stagshorn] . A similar picture is there in this site.- 5th pictures on the right side. ttp://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/biodiversity/fungi.html

pouihi
pouihi 10 months ago

They do grow on rotten logs, but without further development it's easy to say

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

hmm... that is a possibility can you confirm it! thanks a lot pouihi!!

pouihi
pouihi 10 months ago

There's also Calocera viscosa

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 months ago

thanks Mayra.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 months ago

i'm not sure it's Yellow earth tongue, anyway thank you pouihi!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 months ago

Wow!

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Lat: 7.30, Long: 80.09

Spotted on Jun 14, 2012
Submitted on Jun 14, 2012

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