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Field Notes

Description:

Seen growing on a log amongst moss in Monteverde Cloud forest. Soft rubbery texture.

Notes:

possibly Black Witches Butter - Exidia glandulosa

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
chesterbperry
I can say with 100% certainty this is not E. glandulosa, it forms fused globs that have conspicuous glands on the surface, not the foliose structures seen here. I am still thinking lichen, although the substrate would seem to make Peltigera highly unlikely. Leptogium on the other hand could be a good fit. http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/inde... http://www.mushroomexpert.com/exidia_gla...
pamsai
Wondering if this is Black Witches Butter - Exidia glandulosa? Any ideas?
pamsai
thanks Miles and Chesterberry. You know it was soft, like the texture of a earlobe, and rubbery. I thought the Peligeras were more firm.
chesterbperry
Agreed a lichen, possibly a species of Peltigera.

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PublishedDecember 12, 2013

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