It is all bunchy-looking, not mushroom-like, and it is growing incredibly slowly on a fallen tree truck at a part near where I live. I poked it with a stick and some clear jelly-like stuff ozzed out of it. What is it?
2007-03-03 12:04:40 · 3 answers · asked by Sci Nerd 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
You might have seen something called Witch's butter - it's a member of the imperfect fungi - see photos:
http://www.ontariowildflower.com/images/funguswitchesbutter.jpg
lemon drops:
http://www.ontariowildflower.com/images/fungi_lemondrops.jpg
or a jelly fungus:
http://www.backyardnature.net/f/jellyfu2.jpg
http://maryland.sierraclub.org/hc/pictures/2003/20031129_1239.jpg
2007-03-03 15:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is most likey fungi. If it had holes in it like pores it could be Favolaschia calocera (Orange Pore Fungi). But with the information you have given I cant be sure. NEVER eat ANY fungus in the wild without an expert or the experiance to know if it is poisonous or not.
Any other details?
2007-03-03 12:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by Fox_747 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat it and if it gets you sick then i guess it poisonous
2007-03-03 12:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋