Hey folks. I am not a botanist, or student or anything like that. I stumbled across your forum in search of a strange fungi growing on a gate in my yard that I was curious about. Your help would be appreciated. It almost looks like witches butter from what I have found, but not quite. It pops up when it rains, and is rubbery, and will dry out and nearly disappear when it dries out. For a feeling of size, the wood it is on is a 2x4 Thanks in advance for any info you have, for a curious person :D
Welcome to the forum! You've got yourself some Dacryopinax spathularia. Harmless but very cool things to have around - and great pictures.
It is quite neat.....Thank you much... one question.. my dog finds it interesting too. Is it dangerous to him?
Well. never mind. Google says it is edible, and is used in a dish called Buddha's Delight, maybe if I run out of snacks I will eat it :D I am kidding. It is neat though
Welcome to both you AND your dog to our forum here! :o) Something that is interesting about these too if it didnt' say in google? If it dries...u can actually rehydrate them over and over to almost nearly the same beauty as when they first appeared. Something that hikers find convienent about edible jelly and cup fungi. p.s. I'll leave it to the Buddah delighters to eat though. I've tried a couple different others in this family and they just didn't...hm....run golden for me?
Thanks for the welcome. As evidenced by my forum name, I am into motorcycles. A few of my moto budies from a forum I run have been looking at this thread to see what it is, and are now daring me to eat it LOL. I might have to try it, just to see
I am nearly sure they are safe, but I've been poisoned by mushrooms before and err on the side of caution. I would be concerned that your mushrooms might absorb some chemicals from your treated lumber and I'd take a pass on them. We know that mushrooms absorb heavy metals and such from roadsides and I've passed up chanterelles growing a few feet from a road before. Needless to say, I'm not aware of any specific study on how jelly fungi (Dacrymycetaceae in your case) absorb chemicals and such.
