Jelly-like; smooth, featureless surface
This sub-group holds those gelatinous fungi, amongst the group commonly referred to as jelly fungi, that don’t fit into any of the previous categories. Those other jelly fungi may be:
Shelf-like
Stalk-like
Convoluted to brain-like
The fungi in this sub-group have smooth & featureless fruitbodies. If you have found a spotted and somewhat gelatinous fruitbody you probably have one of the soft-fruitbody species of Hypocrea, included in the next sub-group.
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There certainly are yellow to orange, wood-inhabiting ascomycetes, which may angle their cup-like surfaces in various directions, though mostly the cups face upward. Some of the orange species of Orbilia might be confused with Heterotextus. However, Orbilia frutibodies are typically gregarious, closely packed and they don’t expand to resemble a broad cone.
Heterotextus sp.
Heterotextus sp.
Auricularia cornea
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