Fungi

Jelly Spot Fungus

Dacrymyces stillatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,008, February 745, March 1,167, April 1,835, May 2,646, June 2,885, July 3,088, August 2,655, September 1,949, October 1,455, November 795, December 621.
United States21,909
Alaska20,850
British Columbia1,456
Washington778
Canada468
United Kingdom360
England301
Germany297
Netherlands266
California195

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Jelly fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically jelly fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group
  • Brown-rot fungusListed by a harvested fungal ecology source as causing brown rot.FUNGuild fungal ecology database

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Jelly Spot Fungus with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.