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Spotting

Description:

Seen growing on a log amongst moss in Monteverde Cloud forest. Soft rubbery texture.

Notes:

possibly Black Witches Butter - Exidia glandulosa

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5 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 10 years ago

I can say with 100% certainty this is not E. glandulosa, it forms fused globs that have conspicuous glands on the surface, not the foliose structures seen here. I am still thinking lichen, although the substrate would seem to make Peltigera highly unlikely. Leptogium on the other hand could be a good fit.

http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/inde......
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/exidia_gla......

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

Wondering if this is Black Witches Butter - Exidia glandulosa? Any ideas?

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Miles and Chesterberry. You know it was soft, like the texture of a earlobe, and rubbery. I thought the Peligeras were more firm.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 10 years ago

Agreed a lichen, possibly a species of Peltigera.

MilesBerkey
MilesBerkey 10 years ago

a type of lichen is where i'd start

pamsai
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pamsai

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 3, 2013
Submitted on Dec 12, 2013

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