365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Calocera Cornea
Day 245: Calocera cornea frequently emerges from its substrate following heavy or prolonged rainfall, and we've had plenty of precipitation for the month of June to date, so I was not surprised to find it erupting from a piece of barkless, downed alder recently. It grows on a variety of different hardwoods. A "cousin" species, C. viscosa prefers to keep itself specifically to the wood of conifers, but its tips are forked. Calocera cornea may be quite abundant where it occurs, as was the case on this particular log. Despite its superficial resemblance to the coralloid species, it is in fact a jelly fungus.
Labels:
Calocera cornea,
jelly fungi,
T Woods
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