Olive Oysterling - Sarcomyxa serotina
Kidney-shaped caps are fleshy and gelatinous, initially orange then olive green, eventually becoming greyish, slimy when wet. It has a short thick off-centre stipe. The gills are pale yellow to orange, and crowded. Spore print white, spores sausage-shaped.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
On dead wood and fallen trees in well-shaded, damp locations.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly common (Kibby, Vol. 2, 2020)
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Alan Semper
Harby, canal
29 November 2013
conf. R Iliffe
Melinda Bell
Whitwick,Cademan Wood
29 December 2022
Melinda Bell
Holly Hayes Wood,Whitwick
24 December 2022
very slimy caps
Alan Semper
Harby, canal
29 November 2013
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
01 January 2023
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
07 December 2022
slimy caps
Alan Semper
Harby, canal
29 November 2013
confirmed R Iliffe
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe Woodland Park
07 December 2022
9cm across
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Species profile
- Common names
- Olive Oysterling
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Sarcomyxaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 29/11/2013 (Semper, Alan)
- Last record:
- 01/01/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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