Jellybaby

Jellybaby - Leotia lubrica

Alternative names
Jelly Babies
Jellybabies
Description

These long-stemmed, rubbery fungi look superficially like gill fungi, but the underneath surface of the 'cap' is smooth.  The head is rounded, and irregularly lobed; variable in colour from greenish-brown to olive or golden yellow and pale yellow.   

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph in habitat; note substrate and habitat

Habitat

wet or boggy woodlands

When to see it

Usually fruiting from August to October in Britain.

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Additional images

All NatureSpot records