Dacrymyces stillatus
Common Jellyspot
Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. A widespread fungus associated with wood. Fruiting bodies usually visible during wet weather and appear as small (1-2mm) blobs of bright orange jelly. Spores are formed in microscopic club shaped structures called basidia (singular basidium) on the tips of hyphae.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. Fruiting bodies on a timber footbridge support. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. January.
Slide 2: Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. Fruiting bodies on a timber footbridge support. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. January.
Slide 3: Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. Fruiting bodies collected from a timber footbridge support. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. January.
Slide 4: Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. Fruiting bodies collected from a timber footbridge support. Hyphae with terminal basidia. Photographed at x400, brightfield illumination. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. January.
Slide 5: Dacrymyces stillatus, Common Jellyspot. Fruiting bodies collected from a timber footbridge support. Hyphae with terminal basidia. Photographed at x1000, oil immersion, brightfield illumination. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. January.