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birch jelly
Descidia repanda
Descidia repanda, also known as birch jelly, is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, orange-brown, and button-shaped. It grows on dead attached twigs and branches of birch (Betula species) and has been recorded from Europe and northern Asia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1696741.