Jellybaby
Jellybaby - Leotia lubrica
Alternative names
Jelly Babies
Jellybabies
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.
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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