Calocera viscosa
Sticky Hörnling ( Calocera viscosa )
The Sticky Hörnling ( Calocera viscosa ) even Sticky Schönhorn called, is a species of fungus in the family of tears fungal relatives ( Dacrymycetaceae ).
Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The fruiting body is 3 to 6 inches high and shaped like a lobe or mushroom corals. They stand together tufted, its surface is sticky - slippery. They are bright orange and stain during drying darker orange. The flesh is gelatinous and has a very chewy consistency. Smell and taste of the kind are insignificant.
Microscopic characteristics
The spores measure 8 to 12 × 4.5 to 5.5 microns and are elliptical, smooth, and when ripe, have a cell wall (rarely two). The spore powder is yellowish orange. The basidia are zweiporig and forked. Buckles are not present.
Artabgrenzung
The Sticky Hörnling often resembles a coral fungus ( Ramaria ), but can immediately gelatinous in its cartilaginous fruiting bodies are detected that do not break. At Hardwood often grows the smaller Pfriemförmige Hörnling ( Calocera cornea ). Its fruiting bodies are only about 1 cm high.
Ecology and phenology
The species grows on dead coniferous wood, often to the moss-covered stumps of spruce. It is often and find the whole year.