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Fan shaped jelly fungus

Dacryopinax spathularia

Photo by Harsha Singh
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Field Notes

Description:

This is not a marigold flower. It's a fungus arranged like a flower. The fruit bodies are spatula-shaped. The color is orange when fresh, but it darkens to orangish-red when dry. It grows on rotting wood.

Habitat:

Western Himalayas. Found all over Asia.

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Dacryopinax spathularia

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PublishedAugust 13, 2013

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