Ductifera pululahuana

Scientific name:  Ductifera pululahuana (Patouillard) Donk
Derivation of name:  
Synonyms:  Exidia alba (Lloyd) Burt
Common name(s):  Pale jelly roll; White jelly fungus.
Phylum:   Basidiomycota
Order:   Tremellales
Family:   Exidiaceae
Occurrence on wood substrate:  Saprobic; forming dense
clusters on decaying deciduous wood; July through October.  
Dimensions:  Forming dense clusters 1-15 cm across and up
to 2 cm high.   
Description: White to dingy yellow; irregular brainlike or
convoluted masses.
Edibility:
Unknown.
Comments:
 Ductifera pululahuana fruits on barkless
deciduous trees.

More information at MushroomExpert.com:   


Figure 1. Irregular masses on a barkless log. Photo © Steve
Nelsen.


Figure 2. Ductifera pululahuana growing on stump.


Figure 3. A closer view of the specimen in Figure 2.


Figure 2. A closer view of the irregular masses of Figure 1.
Photo © Steve Nelsen.

 

Home | Shape key | Glossary

This page © 2008 by Gary Emberger, Messiah College