14/Sep/23, 4:47 PM
Raudoja, Harjumaa, Eesti
Mixed forest spruce-pine part, on old spruce trunk
59°22'42.2"N 25°29'17.3"E
🔆 Overcast, deep forest shade
Original Instagram postExidia saccharina
pine jelly
- Scientific identification
- Exidia saccharina Fr.
- Family
- Auriculariaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Exidia
Names across languages
- English: pine jelly
- German: Kandisbrauner Drüsling
- Finnish: Mäntyhytykkä
- Estonian: Kuusesüldik
- Russian: Эксидия сахарная
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2023-09-14.
Hymenium
Smooth, gelatinous, forming the outer surface of the fruiting body, initially pale amber or yellowish, becoming dark brown to blackish with age
Cap
Lacks a distinct cap, fruiting body is irregularly lobed or brain-like, with a gelatinous, rubbery texture, surface is shiny and somewhat translucent when moist
Hymenium Attachment
N/A
Stipe
Lacking; the fruiting body is sessile and directly attached to the substrate
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Saprobic, growing on dead coniferous wood, particularly on logs and branches, in damp conditions, late autumn to winter
Edibility
Inedible due to gelatinous texture and insubstantial flesh
Fruit body
Fruit body small, up to 2–5 cm across and 1–3 cm tall
Chemical reactions
KOH negative on all surfaces
Odour
Odour faintly earthy
Taste
Taste indistinct
Microscopy
Spores allantoid, smooth, hyaline in KOH, 10–15 x 4–6 µm; basidia 4-sterigmate, 14–18 x 8–10 µm
Overview
Gelatinous, irregularly lobed fungus with a shiny surface, growing on decaying conifer wood
1822). Syst. Mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 225.
Field encounters
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