White jelly fungus (Protohydnum album)

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Protohydnum album is a species of fungus in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) of this species are gelatinous, white, and lobed to foliaceous. The species occurs in eastern North America, where it was formerly known as Ductifera pululahuana.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of White 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

Protohydnum pululahuanum

Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Genus: Protohydnum
Species: Protohydnum album

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