
''Guepinia'' is a genus of fungus in the Auriculariales order. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Guepinia helvelloides'', commonly known as the apricot jelly. The fungus produces salmon-pink, ear-shaped, gelatinous fruit bodies that grow solitarily or in small tufted groups on soil, usually associated with buried rotting wood. The fruit bodies are 4–10 cm tall and up to 17 cm wide; the stalks are not well-differentiated from the cap. The fungus, although rubbery, is edible,.. more
Similar species: Auriculariales
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Uploaded Jan 6, 2018. Captured Sep 21, 2017 09:50 in 3353 VT-30, Dorset, VT 05251, USA.
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Also, in Catalogue of life IRIS Guepinia helvelloides is shown as current name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guepinia
http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015/details/species/id/a70b1edcaf6004e93a879d99e7208a46
I really don't know which one to create here. Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago