Slime or jelly?
This fungus or slime looked, at best, like a pink tongue laid on the surface of a log. It wasn't possible to emphasize the texture well in a traditional shot, so I opted for a closeup of one edge to emphasize the nodular, papillae-like texture while showing the white tendrils anchoring the mass. What could it be? Mushroomexpert.com suggests that one of the few fungi you might identify from an image is Phlogiotis helvelloides (aka Guepinia helvelloides, Tremiscus helvelloides, or apricot jelly), which eerily resembles a tongue. In that example and others found on the web, however, the structure sticks up from the substrate rather than laying prone.
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Slime or jelly?
This fungus or slime looked, at best, like a pink tongue laid on the surface of a log. It wasn't possible to emphasize the texture well in a traditional shot, so I opted for a closeup of one edge to emphasize the nodular, papillae-like texture while showing the white tendrils anchoring the mass. What could it be? Mushroomexpert.com suggests that one of the few fungi you might identify from an image is Phlogiotis helvelloides (aka Guepinia helvelloides, Tremiscus helvelloides, or apricot jelly), which eerily resembles a tongue. In that example and others found on the web, however, the structure sticks up from the substrate rather than laying prone.
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