Leafy Brain - Tremella foliacea
Similar in appearance to Jelly Ear fungus, but differs in that it forms a tightly packed cluster of many leaf like lobes varying with age from pale pinkish to darker brown.
Grows on the decaying wood of hardwoods.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Melinda Bell
Calke,Southwood
09 January 2023
Hazel Graves
Broombriggs Farm
01 November 2023
Frank Bedford
Ashby de la Zouch, Willesley Wood
21 December 2020
Leafy Brain
Nerini
Swithland Wood
08 January 2017
Melinda Bell
Stocking Wood
12 January 2023
AJ Cann
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Leafy Brain
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Tremellales
- Family:
- Tremellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 27
- First record:
- 11/11/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 29/01/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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Melinda Bell
Dimminsdale
13 November 2019
Melinda Bell
Moira,Hicks Lodge
11 December 2020
Melinda Bell
Moira,Hicks Lodge
11 December 2020
David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
11 November 2012
Melinda Bell
WillesleyWood
22 December 2020
