Pine jelly (Ulocolla saccharina)

Pine jelly, a reference photo — Photo: Hans-Martin Scheibner · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Ulocolla saccharina is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, reddish brown, button-shaped at first then often coalescing and becoming irregularly effused. It has the recommended English name of pine jelly. It is a saprotroph, growing on dead branches of pine in Europe.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Pine jelly 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

Descidia repanda

Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: Auriculariaceae
Genus: Ulocolla
Species: Ulocolla saccharina

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