![]() 9 January 2022 Cheriton Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Multiple reddish brown gelatinous lobes, broadly attached to the substrate, to about 15cm across Flesh Brown, gelatinous Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to winter Distribution Infrequent Habitat Appearing to grow on dead wood of deciduous trees, but in fact parasitic on the mycelium of fungi in the Stereum genus Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to sub-spherical, smooth (6.5-10) x (5-8.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, but not worthwhile Notes The very similar Phaeotremella foliacea is found on dead wood from coniferous trees ![]() The same specimen as in the first image. 9 January 2022 Cheriton Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() 11 October 2008 Ebernoe Common, West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() 19 January 1997 Windor Great Park, Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. ![]() 19 January 1997 Windor Great Park, Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |