Olive Oysterling
Olive Oysterling - Sarcomyxa serotina
Kidney-shaped caps are fleshy and gelatinous, initially orange then olive green, eventually becoming greyish, slimy when wet. It has a short thick off-centre stipe. The gills are pale yellow to orange, and crowded. Spore print white, spores sausage-shaped.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
On dead wood and fallen trees in well-shaded, damp locations.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly common (Kibby, Vol. 2, 2020)
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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