Phlebia tremellosa

Jelly rot fungus.

Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on birch in the New Forest, UK.
Resupinated fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies within a beech cavity in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on beech adjacent to Ganoderma australe in the New Forest, UK.
The pore surface of fruit bodies.
The pore surface of fruit bodies.

Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Mature bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on birch in the New Forest, UK.
Resupinated fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies within a beech cavity in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on oak in the New Forest, UK.
Developing bracket-shaped fruit bodies on beech adjacent to Ganoderma australe in the New Forest, UK.
The pore surface of fruit bodies.
The pore surface of fruit bodies.

Common name

Jelly rot fungus.

Often found on

Beech.

Sometimes found on

Other broadleaved tree species - very infrequently on coniferous tree species.

Location

On the stems and branches of trees including inside cavities and on fallen trees and tree parts.

Description

Annual . Fleshy / jelly-like. Upper surface begins cream-white and develops to a soft pink/orange with white hairs. Pore surface pinkish and extensively wrinkled. Fruit body is translucent.

Confused with

Auricularia auricula-judae (darker and tougher).

Significance

Considered saprotrophic. Attributes to a white rot of the wood substrate. Presence on standing trees indicative of dysfunctional and dead parts.