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| Phlebia radiata |
Hard to believe that these beautiful forms are fungi. The ones shown here are gelatinous. I have touched them and some of them tremble. Because of the warm winter, many types of fungi were still showing their fruiting bodies up to beginning of January 2016. As soon as the cold weather hit, they withered. The fruiting body is just the outside form of a fungus, grown for reproductive ends. The permanent form is hidden under bark, leaves, dirt, sand, rotten wood or mulch, waiting for the right season to show its beauty again. This secret form is called
mycelium.
Gelatinous fungi could be transparent, yellow, pink, purple, white, orange, brown, and black. They are found on fallen trees, like
Phlebia radiata; on a branch, like
Auricularia auricula, on a twig, like
Tremella mesenterica. I found
Exidia glandulosa on a wooden fence, and
Ascocorynes sarcoides and
Hericium on giant dead trees.
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| Auricularia auricula - tree ear |
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| Tremella mesenterica |
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| Hericium (variety?) |
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| Exidia glandulosa |
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| Ascocorynes sarcoides |
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