Golden jelly fungus like "Haribo gummies"

By madventure | Nature, Photography | 13 Mar 2024


 

This arboreal jelly-like mushroom is a common species. This fungus is a tree parasite and can be found in all types of forests.

Mushrooms can have different colors. Most often it is a shade of yellow or orange. It does not grow too large, it can be up to 6-7 cm in diameter. The shape varies, spherical, oval, indefinite, with irregular lobes and coils.

It owes its jelly-like and sticky consistency to moisture. Then it is delicate and soft. Deprived of water, it becomes hard.

It does not have a separate leg and is attached to the ground with a large part of its surface.

The jelly-like flesh loses its shape over time. It is soft, flexible and delicate. It does not have a distinct taste or smell. The color of the flesh is identical to that of the whole mushroom.

It is an inedible mushroom, but only due to the lack of taste, it is not poisonous. It can be found throughout the year, the only condition for its occurrence is the appropriate humidity of the substrate. It is found in deciduous and mixed forests, on dead branches and trees.

 

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