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Fan-shaped Jelly Fungi

Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) Martin

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Light yellow-orange to orange jelly fungi. Some were rod-shaped, stems ~ 1 mm diameter; some rods were broadened into a spatula shape ~ 2 mm wide. None was taller than 7mm.

Habitat:

Suburban area on a mesic, tropical, insular lowland plateau.

Notes:

Spotted growing from the roof of mailbox kiosk.

Reference Links:

Dacryopinax spathularia - Overview, Dacryopinax spathularia, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute-Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W…

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