Calocera viscosa
| Calocera viscosa | |
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| Young fruit body of Calocera viscosa in Jockgrim, western Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | Dacrymycetaceae |
| Genus: | Calocera |
| Species: | C. viscosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Calocera viscosa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Clavaria viscosa Pers. (1794) | |
| Calocera viscosa | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Smooth hymenium | |
| No distinct cap | |
| Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Calocera viscosa is a species of fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. In the United Kingdom, it has the recommended English name of yellow stagshorn. In North America it is variously called coral jelly fungus, jelly staghorn, yellow false coral, yellow tuning fork, and jelly antler.
The basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are small, gelatinous, bright golden yellow, and branched. Calocera viscosa grows on logs and dead wood of conifers. It is a common species throughout Europe and has also been recorded from North America, Asia, and Australia.