Species details
Apricot jelly
Guepinia helvelloides
Traditionally edible
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Description
A pink to reddish gelatinous fungus shaped like an ear or trumpet, often growing near decaying conifer wood.
Identification features
Fruitbody about 4–7 cm wide, ear-, funnel- or trumpet-shaped, vivid pink to reddish and elastically gelatinous.
Identification checklist
Check the distinctly pink-red gelatinous texture and ear- to trumpet-shaped form.
Habitat
Grows on calcareous ground beside or on decaying conifer wood, often in groups, from summer to late autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October, November
Ecology
- Substrate
- Wood
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Notes
- Grows on calcareous ground beside or on decaying conifer wood, often in groups, from summer to late autumn.
How to separate similar species
Aleuria aurantia is more cup-shaped and less distinctly gelatinous. Red Sarcoscypha species have a different cup structure.
Similar species
- Orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia)
- Sarcoscypha species
- Guepinia species