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Jelly Fungi
Page Last Updated: February 1 2021
7 species
Orange Jelly Fungus - length to 6 cm
Order: Dacrrymycetales
Family: Dacrymycetaceae
Genus: Dacrymyces
Species: Palmatus
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Dacrymycetes (Agaricomycetes?)
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Also known as False or Orange Witch's (Witches') Butter -
similar to Witch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica or Tremella
aurantia? ) - fruits on coniferous logs
similar to Witch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica or Tremella
aurantia? ) - fruits on coniferous logs
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Foliacea
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes (Phragmobasidiomycetes /
Heterobasidiomycetes?)
Heterobasidiomycetes?)
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Also known as Brown Witch's (Witches') Butter, Leafy Brain -
fruits on dead hardwoods and sometimes conifers
fruits on dead hardwoods and sometimes conifers
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Updated October 7 2020
Order: Auriculariales? Tremellales?
Family: Auriculariaceae (N. Amer.)? Exidiaceae (Europe)?
Genus: Exidia (also Tremella)
Species: Glandulosa
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes? Agaricomycetes?
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Also known as Black Jelly Roll - similar to E. nigricans
(formerly plana) and E. recisa (see below) - fruits on dead
and decaying hardwoods
(formerly plana) and E. recisa (see below) - fruits on dead
and decaying hardwoods
Order: Tremellales
Family: Exidiaceae
Genus: Phlogiotis (also Tremiscus, Guepinia)
Species: Helvelloides
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes? Agaricomycetes?
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Also known as Candied Red Jelly Fungus - gelatinous or
rubbery texture - fruits on rotting wood or on ground under
conifers
rubbery texture - fruits on rotting wood or on ground under
conifers
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Updated September 21 2014
Order: Tremellales
Family: Exidiaceae
Genus: Pseudohydnum
Species: Gelatinosum
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes? Agaricomycetes?
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Cap underside has densely packed teeth - gelatinous or
rubbery texture - fruits on well rotted conifer wood
rubbery texture - fruits on well rotted conifer wood
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Updated October 11 2014
Orange Jelly Fungus - length to 6 cm - West Don Valley (E.T. Seton Park) - October 2010
Leaf Jelly Fungus - approx. 5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - October 2012
Black Witches' Butter - fruiting body to 2 cm - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - October 2013
Toothed Jelly - cap to 5 cm - stalk to 5 cm (sometimes lacking) - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - October 2014
Apricot Jelly - height to 10 cm - Rouge Park - September 2014
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Species: Reticulata
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes (Phragmobasidiomycetes /
Heterobasidiomycetes?)
Heterobasidiomycetes?)
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Fruits on the ground or well rotted wood - binomial name
now Sebacina sparassoidea?
now Sebacina sparassoidea?
White Coral Jelly Fungus - approx. 12 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crothers Woods) - September 2010
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Updated October 9 2018
Order: Auriculariales? Tremellales?
Family: Auriculariaceae (N. Amer.)? Exidiaceae (Europe)?
Genus: Exidia (also Tremella)
Species: Recisa
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes? Agaricomycetes?
Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
Also known as Amber Jelly Roll - similar to E. nigricans
and E. glandulosa (see above) - forms wide concave
depressions with ridges - fruits on dead and decaying
hardwoods
and E. glandulosa (see above) - forms wide concave
depressions with ridges - fruits on dead and decaying
hardwoods
Exidia recisa - fruiting body to 4 cm - Glen Major Forest (Uxbridge) - May 2019