Dacrymyces stillatus

common jelly spot

Names across languages

From the latest record: 2025-11-23.

N/A in the usual sense (gelatinous basidiocarp without typical gills or pores)

Absent in typical format — fruit bodies are small, cushion-shaped or blob-like, gelatinous orange-yellow turning brown/red with age

N/A

Absent or extremely rudimentary

Spore print (basidiospores produced in situ)

Saprobic on decaying wood of both hardwoods and conifers, fruiting whenever damp

Too small and gelatinous to be of culinary value

Fruit bodyv Very small, can appear larger when merged

Cap/fruit body size ∅ ~1–5 mm (blobs/cushions)

Flesh gelatinous, translucent to orange-yellow, unchanging when cut

No reagent reaction

Not distinctive

Not distinctive

Spores sausage-shaped or elongated (14–17×~5–6µm); 3-septate at maturity, basidia Y-shaped and chains of arthrospores present

Tiny orange-gelatinous cushions or blobs on decaying wood, often merging into irregular masses

1816). Syst. Pilze (Würzburg): 89 (’1816-17′).

Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Eesti

Urban park, on decaying old hardwood stump (asexual form)

59°26'13.0"N 24°47'29.0"E

🌡️ 5°C ⛅ Sun rays with low laying clouds, after couple frosty days 💨 Wind 190° S->N, 9 km/h