Thursday, September 3, 2020

Mushrooms 2020 - Jelly mushrooms and fungi

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum - Jelly mushrooms and  fungi have many common names: Toothed Jelly Fungus, False Hedgehog Mushroom, Cat's Tongue, White Jelly Mushroom...These widely distributed species are edible mushrooms and are found Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, and South America. The fungi grow in woodlands on dead trunks, logs, and stumps







 
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Tremella fuciformis is a species of fungus with many names:
is commonly known as Snow Fungus, Snow Ear, Silver Ear Fungus, and White Jelly Mushroom. Tremella fuciformis is a tropical and subtropical jelly fungus found on hardwood logs after heavy rains.
It is whitish or almost transparent and quite large (up to about 2.75 inch (7 cm) in diameter) - and has the form of a jelly-like lobe.
  This fungus is commercially cultivated and is one of the most popular fungi in the cuisine and medicine of China.




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Jelly Babies (Leotia lubrica) - these small mushrooms almost always grow in clumps. This is a gelatinous mushroom that often feels slippery and another name for it is Slippery Cap. It is also called Green Slime Fungus and the Gumdrop Fungus.



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Brown clustered Ear Cup