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jelly fungus

Dacryopinax spathularia

Description:

small yellow fungi on a fallen log

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8 Comments

namitha
namitha 11 years 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 11 years ago

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

namitha
namitha 11 years 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.

namitha
namitha 11 years 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

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

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

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Mayra.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

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

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

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

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