Orange Jelly Fungi

There is a wide variety of orange jelly fungi throughout the pacific northwest. Some of these are cone-shaped, while others are more brain-like or lobed. Many of these species are notoriously difficult to identify confidently for a few reasons

• Different species can look nearly identical to each other
• Genetic sequencing has proven we had the wrong names for some species
• Genetic sequencing has confirmed that what was previously understood as one species is actually multiple species

Heterotextus alpinus – previously Guepiniopsis alpina

Alpine Jelly Cone
Heterotextus alpinus

Synonyms – Guepinia alpina, Guepiniopsis alpinus

Orange Jelly Cone
Dacrymyces chrysospermus

• Growing on conifer
• Shaped more globular than alpine jelly cones (Heterotextus alpinus)

Golden Ear (Naematelia aurantia)
Witches Butter (Tremella mesenterica)

Habitat: Parasitizes crust fungi living on hardwoods

• Naematelia aurantia parasitizes Stereum hirsutum,false turkey tail
• Tremella mesenterica parasitizes Peniophora, giraffe spots

Guepiniopsis buccina