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Orange jelly fungus, second log

Dacrymyces or Tremella Genus

Moderate–high confidence TM0058 6 August 2026 · 11:48 4 frames
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Angles captured. Four frames closing in on a single mass.

Morphology

A vivid orange gelatinous mass about 4 cm across, deeply lobed and glistening, clearly soft and water-swollen. Growing directly beside a zone of pale crust fungus on the same log.

Habitat & substrate

On a mossy fallen log with an extensive white-grey crust fungus alongside.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Same two candidates as TM0045, and again with a crust fungus immediately adjacent.

Notes

Almost certainly the same species as TM0045, found on a different log 48 minutes later.

Found at Leominster State Forest, Leominster, MA on Thursday, 6 August 2026 at 11:48. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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