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Orange Jelly Spot

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 89, February 91, March 144, April 282, May 541, June 254, July 191, August 173, September 268, October 378, November 232, December 99.
United States24,186
Canada13,756
Ontario4,847
British Columbia4,383
Washington3,043
Massachusetts2,013
Oregon1,919
New York1,721
Nova Scotia1,571
Pennsylvania1,209

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.

Classification

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

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