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Family: incertae sedis

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
(Scop.) P. Karst.

Cat's Tongue | Toothed Jelly Fungus

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | Iditarod Trail, Girdwood

KEY ID FEATURES

NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Saprobic w/ Conifers

SPORE PRINT: White

EDIBILITY: Edible

COLLECTIONS

COLLECTION ID: AKFF-056-14
LOCATION: Primrose Campground
DATE: 26-Aug-14
NOTES: Cap 20-39 mm across, projecting 15-34 mm. dark gray in color. Stipe short, lateral, spines 1-4 mm long, whitish. On rotting conifer log (spruce or hemlock). Flesh watery-gray.
SEQUENCE:

Sequence unavailable

COLLECTION ID: AKFF-181-14
LOCATION: Iditarod Trail, Girdwood
DATE: 4-Sep-14
NOTES: On well decayed hemlock log.
SEQUENCE:

Sequence unavailable