Porcelain Fungus - Mucidula mucida
The caps are grey when young, becoming white and translucent as they mature, and are very sticky and glutinous. The gills and upper part of the stipe abve the thin membraneous ring are also white.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Beech trees, on standing or fallen logs and branches, clusters are often seen high up in the beech canopy on dead branches.
Autumn
Widespread but not really common in Britain
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Beacon Hill
22 September 2025
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
Elspeth Cranston
Charnwood Lodge
15 September 2020
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
21 October 2024
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge NR
02 October 2005
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
21 October 2024
Jane Hollingworth
Beacon Hill
27 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Holly Hayes Wood,Whitwick
13 October 2025
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
21 October 2024
persistent ring
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Species profile
- Common names
- Porcelain Fungus
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Physalacriaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 21
- First record:
- 02/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 17/10/2025 (Alton, John)
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