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Les Hughes
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Nature conservationist and freelance journalist/photographer. Former countryside ranger, peatland surveyor and regional news sub-editor
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Spotted this striking looking fungus on a fallen oak in our local woods in West Yorkshire, UK. I think it's either golden jelly fungus (Tremella mesenterica) or golden ear fungus (Tremella aurantia). Can anyone enlighten me further?

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More inclined to believe it's Tremella mesenterica; Golden Ear (Naematelia aurantia) parasitizes Stereum hirsutum and I don't see any of that on the host. Impressive and beautiful find.

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Les Hughes
@lexl.bsky.social
Nature conservationist and freelance journalist/photographer. Former countryside ranger, peatland surveyor and regional news sub-editor
54 followers65 following10 posts