Dacrymyces spathularia is a species of fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, frequently spathulate (spoon-shaped), and grow on wood, mainly in the tropics and subtropics. The fungus is edible and is commercially cultivated for use as an additive in the food industry.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calocera guepinioides
- Calocera pallidospathulata
- Guepiniopsis buccina
- Calocera furcata
- Calocera sinensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Dacrymycetes
- Order
- Dacrymycetales
- Family
- Dacrymycetaceae
- Genus
- Dacrymyces
- Species
- Dacrymyces spathularia
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