Exidia cartilage (Exidia cartilaginea)
- אָפּטייל: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- סאַבדיוויזשאַן: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- קלאַס: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- סובקלאַס: Auriculariomycetidae
- סדר: Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
- משפּחה: Exidiaceae (Exidiaceae)
- מין: עקסידיאַ (עקסידיאַ)
- טיפּ: Exidia cartilaginea (Cartilaginous Exidia)
Current name: Exidia cartilaginea S. Lundell & Neuhoff
פרוכט גוף: At first transparent, light yellow rounded, then the fruiting bodies merge and become tuberculate with an uneven surface, light brown or brown, darker in the center. They reach a size of 12-20 cm. Short white cilia grow along the edges of the fruiting body, which are often bent. When dry, they become hard and shiny.
פּאַפּ: whitish, brownish, gelatinous, later cartilaginous.
ספּאָר פּודער: ווייַס.
דיספּיוץ ילאָנגגייטאַד 9-14 X 3-5 מייקראַנז.
געשמאַק: slight or slightly sweetish.
שמעקן: נייטראַל.
די שוועמל איז ינעדאַבאַל, אָבער נישט סאַמיק.
Grows on the bark and branches of deciduous trees. I found it exclusively on linden, but also loves birch.
Europe, Asia, North America. It’s pretty rare everywhere.
I got it both in spring and autumn.
Exsidia vesicular (Myxarium nucleatum),
Exidia blooming (Exidia repanda),
Craterocolla cherry (Craterocolla cerasi),
some types of dacrimyceses.
The main difference between cartilaginous exsidia: light edges with white cilia.