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Calocera cornea Growing on fallen hardwood at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> The branching of the tips makes me hesitant to confirm this ID 100 percent!<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60898/calocera_cornea.html" title="Calocera cornea"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/60898_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Pl25vRO7baYJhxClzJMaIoF%2BnBM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Calocera cornea Growing on fallen hardwood at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> The branching of the tips makes me hesitant to confirm this ID 100 percent!<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60899/calocera_sp._possibly_c._cornea.html Calocera cornea,Geotagged,Spring,United States,dacrymycetales,fungi,fungus,jelly fungus,tuning fork" /></a></figure> Calocera cornea,Geotagged,Spring,United States,dacrymycetales,fungi,fungus,jelly fungus,tuning fork Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Calocera cornea

Growing on fallen hardwood at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.
The branching of the tips makes me hesitant to confirm this ID 100 percent!

Calocera cornea Growing on fallen hardwood at the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US.<br /> The branching of the tips makes me hesitant to confirm this ID 100 percent!<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/60899/calocera_sp._possibly_c._cornea.html Calocera cornea,Geotagged,Spring,United States,dacrymycetales,fungi,fungus,jelly fungus,tuning fork

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Wonderful, can't say I've ever seen anything like it. Like a crossing of a jelly and coral fungus. Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      It was definitely strange! And very difficult to photograph! Posted 7 years ago
  3. View gary fast's profile
    gary fast
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    Hello Lisa, I am also having some difficulty in pinning down the ID of this fungus
    An Example of Calocera cornea... I hope! It may be too early to decide if this fungus is not really C. viscosa. So far it seems that these are “unbranched and rarely forked” which helped me with the identification.<br /> http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Calocera cornea Calocera cornea,Canada,Geotagged,Summer

    With what I have read your photo(s) may be of C. viscosa because of the branching.?!? Gary     Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      Gary, thanks for bringing this observation back to my attention! I found out later that C. viscosa occurs primarily on conifer wood, so it would probably rule out that ID on this particular spotting .

      What was the substrate for your observation?       Posted 6 years ago
      1. View gary fast's profile
        gary fast
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        It was on a decaying deciduous log, Alnus rubra, or Red Alder. Posted 6 years ago

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The Club-like Tuning Fork

"Calocera cornea" is a jelly fungus that grows on decaying wood. It is a member of the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique "tuning fork" basidia.

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Similar species: Dacrymycetales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Jun 2, 2018. Captured May 19, 2018 01:00 in 233 Hopewell Dr, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/7.1
  • 1/400s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm

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