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| synonyms: Purple Jellydisc |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Cup shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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sarcoides (Jacq. ex S. F. Gray) Groves & Wilson syn. Coryne sarcoides (Jacq. ex S. F. Gray) Tul. Purple Jellydisc Ascocoryne Fruit body 0.1–1.5cm across, reddish purple, sessile or on a short stalk, inverted cone-shaped with flattened disc or concave tending to cup-shaped, often irregularly lobed at the margin. Flesh gelatinous. Asci 160 x 10µ. Spores ellipsoid, containing two oil drops, 10–19 x 3–5µ. Habitat gregarious on dead wood, especially beech. Season late summer to early winter. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe and north America. |
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 26 July 2010
21.10.2009 Gdañsk Oliwa TPK.Poland
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