Exidia cartilaginea (Exidia cartilaginea) sary sy famaritana

Exidia cartilage (Exidia cartilaginea)

Current name: Exidia cartilaginea S. Lundell & Neuhoff

Vatana voankazo: 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.

pulp: whitish, brownish, gelatinous, later cartilaginous.

vovoka spora: fotsy.

disadisa elongated 9-14 x 3-5 microns.

tsiro: slight or slightly sweetish.

fofona: tsy miandany.

Ny holatra dia tsy azo hanina, fa tsy misy poizina.

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.