Calocera viscosa

Calocera viscosa
Calocera viscosa. Durmitor National Park, Montenegro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Dacrymycetes
Order: Dacrymycetales
Family: Dacrymycetaceae
Genus: Calocera
Species:
C. viscosa
Binomial name
Calocera viscosa
(Pers.) Fr. (1827)
Synonyms

Clavaria viscosa Pers. (1794)
Clavaria aurea Humb. (1793) (nom. illegit.)
Calocera flammea Wallr. (1833)
Calocera cavarae Bres. (1896)
Calocera viscosa var. cavarae (Bres.) McNabb (1965)

Calocera viscosa
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended

Calocera viscosa is a species of fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. In the UK, it has the recommended English name of yellow stagshorn.[1] In North America it is variously called coral jelly fungus,[2] jelly staghorn,[3] yellow false coral,[4] yellow tuning fork,[5] and jelly antler.[6] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, bright golden yellow, and branched. It grows exclusively on logs and dead wood of conifers. Calocera viscosa is a common species throughout Europe and has also been recorded from North America, Asia, and Australia.

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