| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | ASCOCORYNE SARCOIDES |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | ORANGE JELLY |
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| Fig 1 |
| FRUIT BODY | 1-1.5m wide (per cushion). A common species that is nothing more than a cushion of orange jelly found on wood and in large masses. Merging of fruiting bodies takes place with specimens becoming darker and wrinkled with age. Can revive with moisture. |
| GILLS/PORES | N/A |
| FLESH | Fibrous but easily squashed. |
| SPORES | Orange, allantoid, 3 septate at maturity. |
| HABITAT | On dead and decaying wood. |
| SEASON | Common. Throughout the year. |
| EDIBILITY | Inedible. r |