Bell Museum fungi (MIN:Fungi)
966557
006307d3-75ac-4df4-966a-2ccc40c79a76
1301542
Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr.
Dacrymycetaceae
T. Pieper (17-Jul.2021)
Pieper, T.
TRP 303
2021-07-17
17-Jul-2021
United States, Minnesota, Meeker, Darwin, Greenleaf Lake State Recreational Area
45.006 -94.474
332 meters (1089ft)
Big Woods remnant (deciduous temperate hardwood forest ecoregion);
Fruiting in clusters on bark-less fallen branch; (possibly from dead ash tree?);
Fraxinus, Quercus
ECOLOGY: Greenleaf and other nearby lakes form the very edge of the Big Woods, a vast remnant of deciduous forest that once covered 3,000 square miles of South Central Minnesota. Like a shield of water, the lakes protect the forest from wildfire from adjacent Minnesota River Prairie. This area was once a portal from the ancient woods into the Great Prairie. Elm, basswood, oak and ash present. FRUITING BODY: 5 mm height, 1 mm width. Cylindrical. Orange/yellow. Smooth and firm (almost gelatinous looking when fresh). HABIT: Clusters Growing on bark-less fallen branch.
BASIDIOMYCOTA
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006307d3-75ac-4df4-966a-2ccc40c79a76
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