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Dacrymyces cokeri McNabb 1973 Orange jelly fungus
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 ⨉ ⅞″ (1-6 ⨉ 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:
Mykoweb.com: the Fungi of California by Gary Emberger at Messiah College
8/1/2021 · Wilson’s Cove Trail, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm)
3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm)
9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (9.8 × 6.6 cm)
7/25/2013 · Beaver Brook Assn Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm)
8/4/2017 · Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
11/20/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm)
3/17/2016 · Kibby’s Climb, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 10 cm)
Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Bres.， nom. inval. Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1873 Dacrymyces pallidus Coker non Lloyd， hom. illeg. 1920 Dacrymyces flabellum Ellis & Everh. 1894 Tremella palmata Schwein. non Schumach.， hom. illeg. 1803
Dacrymyces cokeri description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 16 Sep 2023.
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11/1/2016 · Oak Hill, Littleton, Massachusetts
9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 5″ (9.2 × 13 cm)
9/18/2016 · Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle, Maine
10/2/2010 · Raymondskill Falls, Delaware Water Gap National Recr, Pennsylvania · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)
9/29/2012 · Franconia Falls Trail, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (9.8 × 6.6 cm)
8/2/2008 · Flying Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.8 cm)
11/1/2016 · Oak Hill, Littleton, Massachusetts
8/4/2017 · Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
5/5/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook C, Hollis, New Hampshire
11/20/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)
10/5/2012 · Willard Brook State Park, Townsend, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
9/27/2021 · Skolfield Shores Preserve, Harpswell, Maine
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