When: 2011-04-10
Collection location: MacDonalds Track, Barron River National Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia [Click for map]
Who: Mark Price (marksandyleucapops@gmail.com)
Notes:
Bright orange; very slimy to touch. Individual growths 5-15mm long. Growing on dead log. I found this in dryer eucalypt forest, having walked out of rainforest. Approximate 300-500m above sea level.
Another possible ID would be Heterotextus peziziformis (Golden Jelly Bells), but it wasn’t bell shaped; distinctive ‘brain’ shape.
Possibly edible. Tim Lowe in ‘Wild Food Plants of Australia’ suggests that “Jelly fungi (Tremella). . . appear to be harmless, having a pleasant jelly taste.” (Page 194).
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| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 9.97 | 2 | (myxomop,marksandyleucapops@gmail.com) | |||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
-0.91 | -30.29% | |||||||