White Brain - Exidia thuretiana
A white jelly fungus, usually more or less opaque and fairly firm in texture. It may have yellowish or grey-blue tinges. The fruiting bodies are cushion shaped, becoming convoluted and merging with adjacent ones to for a larger mass.
Crystal Brain (Exidia nucleata) has opaque white inclusions and is usually less firm and more translucent
Photogrpah in habitat; note substrate and associated tree species.
Mainly on dead and decaying hardwood, particularly Beech and Ash.
Late autumn and early winter in Britain.
CAPochin
Rolleston Estate
03 March 2022
CAPochin
Rolleston Estate
03 March 2022
Dylan
Melton Priors Close
16 January 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- White Brain
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Auriculariales
- Family:
- Auriculariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 03/03/2022 (Pochin, Christine)
- Last record:
- 10/12/2025 (Catherine Horrell)
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