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Jelly Baby (Leotia lubrica) This solitary fruit body was about 80 mm tall. It had a shiny waxy lobulated greenish yellow cap with inrolled margins and a sturdy yellow stipe covered with minute green granules.<br /> Spotted in leaf litter in damp soil under a large eucalypt - Toolonagi Forest Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Jelly baby,Leotia lubrica Click/tap to enlarge

Jelly Baby (Leotia lubrica)

This solitary fruit body was about 80 mm tall. It had a shiny waxy lobulated greenish yellow cap with inrolled margins and a sturdy yellow stipe covered with minute green granules.
Spotted in leaf litter in damp soil under a large eucalypt - Toolonagi Forest

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The Jelly baby

''Leotia lubrica'', commonly referred to as a jelly baby, is a species of fungus in the family Leotiaceae. The species produces small fruit bodies up to 6 centimetres in height, featuring a "head" and a stalk.

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Similar species: Helotiales
Species identified by Leuba Ridgway
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By Leuba Ridgway

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Uploaded Jun 8, 2020. Captured Jun 4, 2020 12:37 in 1684 Healesville-Kinglake Rd, Toolangi VIC 3777, Australia.
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  • SZ-10
  • f/9.3
  • 10/300s
  • ISO100
  • 5mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.