White Jelly Fungus
(Ductifera pululahuana)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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White Jelly Fungus is a widespread but uncommon jelly fungus. It obtains its nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobic). It is usually found in dense clusters on decaying wood of hardwood trees from which the bark has been removed. Individual fruiting bodies stemless, gelatinous, and more or less fan-shaped when uncrowded. When clustered, the fruiting bodies fuse together and resemble exposed brain. In moist conditions fruiting clusters are white to yellowish, |
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Habitat and Hosts |
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Decaying wood |
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Ecology |
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July through October |
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Widespread but uncommon |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Fungi (fungi) | ||
| Subkingdom | Dikarya | ||
| Division | Basidiomycota (club fungi) | ||
| Subdivision | Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms) | ||
| Class | Agaricomycetes (mushroom-forming fungi) | ||
| Subclass | Agaricomycetidae | ||
| Order | Auriculariales | ||
| Family | Exidiaceae | ||
| Genus | Ductifera | ||
Synonyms |
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Exidia alba Exidiopsis alba Gloeotromera alba |
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Common Names |
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Pale Jelly Roll White Brain Fungus White Jelly Fungus |
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Glossary
Saprobic
Obtaining its nutrients from non-living organic matter, such as decaying plant or animal matter.
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Hi! I believe I found white jelly fungus on a trail of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center this morning. |
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I believe that this is a White Jelly Fungus? |
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Jelly brain in Poconos PA |
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About
Published on Jun 11, 2013 Early June Pennsylvania Fungus |
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| Ashley Petry 6/21/2021 |
Location: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Bayside, Wisconsin Hi! I believe I found white jelly fungus on a trail of the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center this morning. |
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| Gretchen 6/29/2020 |
Location: Woodbury MN |
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| Ryan 8/28/2019 |
Location: Ottertail County I believe that this is a White Jelly Fungus? |
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| Mark Wegne 6/2/2018 |
Location: Woods near Lilydale Boat Ramp second year I've seen growning on trees in state of decay where bark has peeled away. After rainy days soaking log followed by hot (80+) humid days. White for a week, then brown for a few days, then dried and gone. |
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| Kirk Nelson 7/24/2016 |
Location: Fort Snelling State Park |
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| Ted x 7/20/2014 |
Location: Poconos Mts, PA Jelly brain in poconos pa |
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