Phaeotremella frondosa

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Phaeotremella frondosa

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

Phaeotremella frondosa

The same specimen as in the first image. 9 January 2022 Cheriton Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Phaeotremella frondosa

11 October 2008 Ebernoe Common, West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Phaeotremella frondosa

19 January 1997 Windor Great Park, Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Phaeotremella frondosa

19 January 1997 Windor Great Park, Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.