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Exidia plana
Shiny black when wet, turning olive brown and shrivelling to a warty crust during very dry weather. Individual fruitbodies are gelatinous and blend into one another like the folds of a brain. Composite blobs are typically 5 to 15 cm across. Dried and shrivelled fruitbodies are revived in wet weather and regain their expanded shape and gelatinous texture.
Exidia plana is saprobic on dead and decaying hardwood, mainly beech, ash and hazel but very occasionally also oaks.
Spotted in Kroondomein Het Loo in rural area of Apeldoorn, Holland.(sources:see reference)
Spotted on Oct 15, 2014
Submitted on Oct 18, 2014
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