Crystal Brain Fungus

Myxarium nucleatum

Summary 6

Myxarium nucleatum (common names crystal brain or granular jelly roll) is a jelly fungus in the family Hyaloriaceae. The sporocarps (fruit bodies) are watery white and gelatinous with small, white, mineral inclusions. It is a common, wood-rotting species in Europe and North America, typically growing on dead attached or fallen branches of broadleaf trees.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alison Young
  2. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
  3. (c) Jerry Cooper, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jerry Cooper
  4. (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
  5. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxarium_nucleatum

More Info

iNat Map

Frequency occasional
Color brown, white
#tags brain-like