Common Jellyspot - Dacrymyces stillatus
Alt Name
Jellyspot
Description
Fruit body 1 to 5mm across, gelatinous, more or less cushion-shaped often merging into one another, orange-yellow becoming darker reddish and wrinkled with age. It has two forms; orange cushions mixed with dingy yellow growths, each producing a different type of spore.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
In wooded areas, grows on damp decaying wood.
When to see it
All year round
UK Status
Common and widespread in Britain.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015