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Orange Jelly Spot Irregular, brain-like, gelatinous blobs that were orange-yellow in color. Some were more liquefied than others. Fruiting bodies were 5-20mm in size. Dacrymyces chrysospermus,Dacrymyces palmatus,Fall,Geotagged,Orange Jelly Spot,United States,fungi,fungus,jelly fungus

Orange Jelly Spot

Irregular, brain-like, gelatinous blobs that were orange-yellow in color. Some were more liquefied than others. Fruiting bodies were 5-20mm in size.

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Christine Young

Lion

''Dacrymyces palmatus'' has been deprecated. The species ID for this fungus is now Dacrymyces chrysospermus. Is there a way to fix the ID? Posted 7 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Done, and thanks for spotting it. Posted 7 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Bonus snail in the scene? Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Yes - the slug...they are everywhere in these woods and are my top competition with the mushrooms! Speaking of slugs, I recently learned that slugs are called "poor man's peaches" :P Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That I did not know, and wish I didn't know lol. Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Me too, but I couldn't resist sharing! Posted 7 years ago

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The Orange Jelly Spot

''Dacrymyces chrysospermus'' is a species of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae, and is edible.

Similar species: Dacrymycetales

Species identified by morpheme

By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 21, 2018. Captured Oct 11, 2017 10:15 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.

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Canon EOS 60D
f/4.0
1/64s
ISO400
100mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.