Auricularia cornea

Auricularia cornea at Wattamolla, NSW

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Identification history

	Auricularia cornea	25 Jan 2020	Pam
	Unidentified	21 Jan 2020	WattaWanderer

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Close to a little creek.

5 comments

Pam wrote:

26 Jan 2020

Hey you're making a great start to the records for this season - thank you. This fungus is a 'jelly' fungus, which is just a morphological group encapsulating a whole range of different families and genre. The distinquishing characteristic of this morphological group is their 'jelly' (in the broadest sence) like texture. Sometimes they are also called 'ear fungi' because of their shape. They gain their nutrients by breaking down dead wood so are classed as being saprotrophic.

WattaWanderer wrote:

29 Jan 2020

Thanks for the ID Pam, really appreciate the additional information too!
Do you have any idea about the blue coloured lichen or fungus that I have posted?

Pam wrote:

31 Jan 2020

Yes the blue one is a fungus. Sorry I haven't been back to you on that as have a choice of a couple and haven't had time to look into it more carefull. Hopefully I'll get to it soon.

WattaWanderer wrote:

31 Jan 2020

Thanks Pam - no rush at all! Just very curious.
Cheers :)

Pam wrote:

1 Feb 2020

I can understand, it's an impressive looking fungus.

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