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Jelly-antler

Calocera viscosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,784, February 2,056, March 3,221, April 5,068, May 7,307, June 7,968, July 8,526, August 7,332, September 5,383, October 4,018, November 2,196, December 1,716.
United States58,326
Alaska57,574
Germany2,137
United Kingdom2,068
England1,349
Russia844
France679
Finland537
Austria506
Netherlands489

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

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassDacrymycetes
OrderDacrymycetales
FamilyDacrymycetaceae
GenusCalocera

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