| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | ASCOCORYNE SARCOIDES |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | PURPLE JELLY DROPS |
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| Fig 1 |
| FRUIT BODY | 0.5 - 1.5cm wide (per cup). The striking reddish-purple irregular lobes emerge from wood before widening into cup/disc shaped ascocarps which are fused together to make one gelatinous mass. Sarcoides means resembling fleshiness. |
| GILLS/PORES | N/A |
| FLESH | Rubbery, gelatinous, no distinct taste or smell. |
| SPORES | Hyaline, ellipsoid with two oil drops. |
| HABITAT | On dead and decaying hardwood. |
| SEASON | Common. Late summer to early winter. |
| EDIBILITY | Inedible. r |