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