Species

Myxarium nucleatum (Crystal brain fungus)

Myxarium nucleatum. Photo: (c) Garrett Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Myxarium nucleatum (common names crystal brain or granular jelly roll) is a jelly fungus in the family Hyaloriaceae. The sporocarps (fruit bodies) are watery white and gelatinous with small, white, mineral inclusions. It is a common, wood-rotting species in Europe and North America, typically growing on dead attached or fallen branches of broadleaf trees.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Auriculariales
        Family: Hyaloriaceae
        Genus: Myxarium
        Species: Myxarium nucleatum (Crystal brain fungus)

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