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Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum) On the underside of a hardwood log at a dense mixed forest edge.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105905/crystal_brain_fungus_myxarium_nucleatum.html" title="Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/105905_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=5z44ToPx2hbwfiOMQ2QOpLH0fzc%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum) On the underside of a hardwood log at a dense mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105906/crystal_brain_fungus_myxarium_nucleatum.html Fall,Geotagged,Myxarium nucleatum,United States" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Myxarium nucleatum,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)

On the underside of a hardwood log at a dense mixed forest edge.

Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum) On the underside of a hardwood log at a dense mixed forest edge.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105906/crystal_brain_fungus_myxarium_nucleatum.html Fall,Geotagged,Myxarium nucleatum,United States

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    Christine Young
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    Awesome specimen! Posted 4 years ago
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      Flown Kimmerling
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      Thank you!! Posted 4 years ago

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The Crystal Brain Fungus

''Myxarium nucleatum'' is a jelly fungus in the family Hyaloriaceae. The sporocarps are watery white and gelatinous with small, white, mineral inclusions. It is a common, wood-rotting species in Europe and North America, typically growing on dead attached or fallen branches of broadleaf trees.

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Similar species: Auriculariales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Dec 19, 2020. Captured Dec 18, 2020 14:55 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/22.0
  • 1/128s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.