Dacrymyces palmatus

Dacrymyces palmatus
	Orange jelly in West Berlin, Vermont
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Dacrymycetes
Order:	Dacrymycetales
Family:	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus:	Dacrymyces
Species:	D. palmatus
Binomial name
	Dacrymyces palmatus; Bres. (1904)
Synonyms
	Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1873;

Dacrymyces palmatus (orange jelly) is a species of jelly fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae, and is nonpoisonous.^[1] It is alternately reported to be both edible^[2]^[3] and inedible.^[4]

The species is usually yellow to orange, but varies from colorless to brown. The tough fruit bodies grow from a small disc or cushion formation. It resembles species of Tremella, which are usually tougher, particularly Tremella mesenterica. It differs microscopically from species of Dacrymyces.^[5]

Gelatinous fruit body of Dacrymyces palmatus on a conifer log

References[]

^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
^ Lincoff GH. (1981). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms – North America. New York: AAKnopf. p. 381. ISBN 0-394-51992-2.
^ Emberger, Gary. "Dacrymyces chrysospermus". Fungi Growing on Wood. Messiah College Oakes Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

External links[]

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[Miller_2006-1] Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.

[Lincoff2009-2] Lincoff GH. (1981). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms – North America. New York: AAKnopf. p. 381. ISBN 0-394-51992-2.

[3] Emberger, Gary. "Dacrymyces chrysospermus". Fungi Growing on Wood. Messiah College Oakes Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[4] Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 358. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.

[5] Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

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