Giant gelatinous tear
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Giant gelatinous tear ( Dacrymyces chrysospermus ) |
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The giant jelly tear ( Dacrymyces chrysospermus ) is a species of fungus from the family of tears fungal relatives (Dacrymycetaceae). Like most other gelatinous tears , it forms gelatinous, yellowish fruiting bodies and grows as a saprobiont on dead, debarked wood. The species is known from the Holarctic and South Africa and is fructified in the northern hemisphere from autumn to winter.
features
Macroscopic features
The giant gelatinous tear has cup-, brain- or wavy-misshapen fruit bodies with a gelatinous texture and a single diameter of 1–4 mm. The basidiocarpies grow gregariously and merge with one another to form 2–4 cm long structures. They are short-stalked and from golden yellow to orange-brown in color.
Microscopic features
The spores of the species are narrowly elliptical to curved. They are 4–7 µm wide, hyaline and have 3–7 septa.
Ecology and phenology
The giant gelatinous tear is a saprobiont that grows on dead, preferably damp, rotten wood. Usually the substrate is coniferous wood, hardwood is only very rarely populated. The fructification takes place in the Holarctic in autumn and winter.
distribution
The giant gelatinous tear is common in the Holarctic and South Africa. The main distribution area in the Holarctic is in the temperate zone and in submontane locations.
swell
- German Josef Krieglsteiner (Ed.): The large mushrooms of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 1: General Part. Stand mushrooms: jelly, bark, prick and pore mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3528-0 .
