Calocera cornea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Dacrymycetes |
Order: | Dacrymycetales |
Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
Genus: | Calocera |
Species: | C. cornea |
Binomial name | |
Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr. (1827) |
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Synonyms | |
Clavaria cornea Batsch (1783) |
Calocera cornea | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
smooth hymenium | |
no distinct cap | |
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: inedible |
Clavaria cornea Batsch (1783)
Corynoides cornea (Batsch) Gray (1821)
Calocera cornes (Batsch) Fr. (1827)
Calocera cornea is a jelly fungus that grows on decaying wood. It is a member of the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique "tuning fork" basidia.
Its yellow, finger-like, tapering basidiocarps are somewhat gelatinous in texture. In typical specimens the basidiocarps become up to 3 mm in diameter, and 2 cm in height. The hymenium covers the sides of the basidiocarps, each basidium producing and forcibly discharging only two basidiospores.