False Coral (Sebacina schweinitzii)

False Coral Fungus Looking like a coral mushroom is the False Coral Fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Alleyn-et-Cawood,Canada,False Coral,False Coral Fungus,Geotagged,Québec,Summer,Tremellodendron schweinitzii,fungi

Appearance

Fruiting Body: At first a whitish patch of fuzz, developing over a few weeks into a coral-like structure up to 10 cm high and 6 cm wide, with flattened branches arising from fused bases.

Branches: Flattened; bald; dry; whitish to buff when fresh and young, becoming yellowish with age and often developing green shades (from algae) when very old; tips flattened, colored like the branches, becoming somewhat ragged with age.

Flesh: Stringy and very tough; whitish.

Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste slightly bitter.

Chemical Reactions: Iron salts negative on branches.

Spore Print: White.

Jellied False Coral Fungus Very sharp spiky mushroom is the Jellied False Coral Fungus (Sebacina schweinitzii) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Alleyn-et-Cawood,Canada,False Coral,Geotagged,Jellied False Coral Fungus,Québec,Sebacina schweinitzii,Summer,mushroom

Distribution

Spring through late fall; widely distributed east of the Great Plains (also reported from New Mexico and Texas).

False Coral - Tremellodendron schweinitzii Fruiting body was about 7 cm tall with wide, flattened branches arising from fused bases. The branches are dry, bald, and white.

Habitat: Growing on the ground in a deciduous forest.
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Habitat

Mycorrhizal with oaks and possibly with other hardwoods; growing alone or gregariously on the ground, in soil or in moss.

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Fungi
Division	Basidiomycota
Class	Agaricomycetes
Order	Sebacinales
Family	Sebacinaceae
Genus	Sebacina
Species	S. schweinitzii

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Canada
United States of America