Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Pale Stagshorn

Facts
Common Name: 
Pale Stagshorn
Scientific Name: 
Calocera pallidospathulata
Typical Size (mm): 
3-10mm
Information
Description: 

Yellow fungus with gelatinous fruit bodies that grow, densely crowded on dead or rotting branches, stumps and twigs of broadleaf and coniferous wood.

Distribution: 

Infrequent during Autumn.

Habitat: 

Broadleaf and coniferous woodland, preffering Spruce and Larch.

Cap: 

Pallid yellow, simple, the upper part of the fruiting body being flatly clavate or spatulate, wrinkled lengthwise, narrowing into a stem.

Flesh: 

Gelatinous, tough and yellow.

Additional Notes: 

Inedible.