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Common Jellyspot- Spores

Dacrymyces stillatus (Nees 1817) spores

Description:

This small orange jelly is abundant in the Bay Area, fruiting on the fallen branches and cones of Monterey pine (Pinus radiata). It can be distinguished from two other common jelly fungi, Dacrymyces palmatus and Tremella mesenterica by its smaller size and shape which is pulvinate (cushion-like), rather than convoluted and lobed. It is among the first fungi to appear after a rain, the dried, crust-like fruiting bodies quickly regaining their gelatinous texture. It sometimes can be found fruiting with Exidia glandulosa, Black Witches Butter

Habitat:

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. ( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... )

Notes:

this are the pictures from the previously posted spotting ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/913... ), from under the microscope, not much and not good to see, however one (or 2) little special also in this spotting, this are microscope-picture from a magnification of min x10 -x 40. and still, there are little round structures which look like baby-snail-shells. I have no idea about them. Back to spores: Next time i find similiar specimen i will investigate them much further!! On the 1-2 picture is someting , which looks remotely like spores (round shape) , on the other picture are primary slime/jelly/gue to recognize!! :)

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AlexKonig
Spotted by
AlexKonig

Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Spotted on Dec 12, 2011
Submitted on Feb 26, 2012

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