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Porcelain Fungus - Mucidula mucida

Oudemansiella mucida, commonly known as the Porcelain Mushroom, is a white, slimy fungus strongly tied to rotting beech, where it grows in clusters. It is also sometimes referred to by the common name of Poached Egg Fungus.

 

Oudemansiella mucida (increasingly being referred to by the synonym Mucidula mucida) appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on dead branches high up in living trees.

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Uploaded on October 4, 2022
Taken on October 2, 2022