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amber jelly fungus

Exidia recisa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 310, February 229, March 359, April 565, May 814, June 888, July 950, August 817, September 600, October 448, November 245, December 191.
United States7,541
Alaska6,414
Canada245
Russia222
United Kingdom123
Finland121
Virginia112
Ontario109
New York101
England79

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderAuriculariales
FamilyAuriculariaceae
GenusExidia

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