Dacrymyces cokeri McNabb 1973 Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Bres. nom. inval. Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1873 Dacrymyces flabellum Ellis & Everh. 1894 Dacrymyces pallidus Coker non Lloyd hom. illeg. 1920 Tremella palmata Schwein. non Schumach. hom. illeg. 1803 Orange jelly fungus, witch’s butter
Identification: This fungus inhabits dead pine trees whose bark has fallen away. It is shiny, bright yellow-orange, and lobed and convoluted, looking a bit like the surface of the brain. It dries to a reddish-orange or dark red-brown color, with a tough outer membrane. Fruiting bodies are ⅜-2" (1-6 cm) x ⅞" (2.5 cm). Although Tremella aurantia and Tremella mesenterica appear similar, but they are more yellow in color, and they fruit on hardwood trees which still have their bark, rather than on dead conifers. Edibility: Edible, but flavorless. Online References:
Dacrymyces cokeri on Mykoweb.com: the Fungi of California Dacrymyces cokeri by Gary Emberger at Messiah College Dacrymyces cokeri on Wikimedia Commons Dacrymyces cokeri on Taste of the Wild Dacrymyces cokeri on CalPhotos 3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire 9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire 7/25/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire [Might also be Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus, Dacryopinax spathularia.] · 11/20/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 11/6/2016 · Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts 3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire Or Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces palmatus)? · 5/23/2009 · West Fork of Oak Creek Trail, Arizona
Dacrymyces cokeri description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire 9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine 10/2/2010 · Raymondskill Falls, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania 9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire 6/15/2007 · By Kathleen Williamson 8/2/2008 · Flying Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine [Might also be Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus, Dacryopinax spathularia.] · 11/20/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 10/5/2012 · Willard Brook State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts
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