Pale Stagshorn - Calocera pallidospathulata
A small, pale yellow stagshorn, usually unbranched but sometimes forked near the tip. It is rubbery and gelatinous in texture. It has short, flattened fruitbodes of irregular shapes, with round or flattish tips. It becomes paler and translucent as it ages.
Calocera viscosa is larger and bright yellow, with multiple branches arising from a short basal 'trunk'. Some specimens of Calocera cornea may be a rather pale yellow, but have fruitbodies with pointed or slightly blunt tips.
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On dead or rotting branches, stumps and twigs of broadleaf and coniferous wood.
Usually seen from early autumn to early winter.
First recorded in the UK in 1969, but has rapidly expanded its range and is now widespread and common
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pale Stagshorn
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Dacrymycetales
- Family:
- Dacrymycetaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 05/11/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 15/10/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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