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Name: Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Burt

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Nomenclature:
Rank: Species
Status: Deprecated
Name: Dacrymyces palmatus
Author: (Schwein.) Burt
Citation:
Preferred Synonym(s): Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis

Classification: Edit

Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Dacrymycetes
Order: Dacrymycetales
Family: Dacrymycetaceae
Genus: Dacrymyces


Brief Description: See More | Edit

Dacrymyces palmatus is a jelly fungus that can be found year round and is commonly found in Northeastern North America. Common names for Dacrymyces palmatus are Orange Jelly and Orange Witches’ Butter, not to be confused with other Witches’ butter, such as Tremella mesenterica. The fruiting body is 1-6cm wide and up to 2.5 cm high and appears brain-like to multilobed mass arising from a bed of white mycelium. It is yellowish orange to orange or reddish orange in color with a whitish color at the point of attachment. The consistency of the fruiting body is rubbery-gelatinous when young and will soften with age. You will find this jelly fruiting on decaying conifer branches and logs.

Microscopically you will find cylindrical to sausage shaped spores that are thin walled, smooth and hyaline measuring 17-25 X 6-8 micrometers. They will be nonamyloid and have 7-9 septa. The basidia will have a tuning fork shape typically found with Dacrymyces species and other members of the Dacrymycetaceae.


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Version: 4
Previous Version: 3

First person to use this name on MO: Nathan Wilson
Editors: Alan Rockefeller, Herbert Baker

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Created: 2010-07-03 11:20:25 EDT (-0400)
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Summary: Is this different from Dacrymyces chrysospermus?

According to Species Fungorum, Dacrymyces palmatus (Schwein.) Burt is deprecated in favor of Dacrymyces chrysospermus Berk. & M.A. Curtis. However, Index Fungorum also lists Dacrymyces palmatus Bres. with no opinion about it’s validity (meaning no entry in Species Fungorum).

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Created: 2007-01-10 00:03:53 EST (-0500) by Nathan Wilson (nathan)
Last modified: 2011-03-08 15:34:33 EST (-0500) by Herbert Baker (Herbert Baker)
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