Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr.
(Small Stagshorn)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)
GenusCalocera (stagshorn fungi)
FamilyDACRYMYCETACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
OrderDACRYMYCETALES (an order of jelly fungi)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn) :
1: Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)
23 Oct 2006 OSGR: SN62 51° 50’ N, 4° 0’ W Vice County: Carmarthen (VC 44) Wales
on fallen ?beech log
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situImage 2: Close-up - enlargedImage 3: Cluster of fruitbodies - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view - enlargedImage 5: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view - enlarged (3)Image 7: Cluster of fruitbodies - side view - enlarged (4)Image 8: Basidia (with spores) in hymenium - magnifiedImage 9: Basidia - magnifiedImage 10: Hymenium squash showing forked basidia - magnifiedImage 11: Hymenium squash showing forked basidia - magnified (2)Image 12: Hymenium squash showing forked basidia - magnified (3)Image 13: Spores - highly magnified
2: Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)
23 Dec 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on cut end of tree trunk
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situ - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1983 Basidiospore germination and conidium development in Dacrymycetales TBMS Vol 81 (3): 563-571.

Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn)

A common jelly fungus which grows in clusters of unbranched bright yellow fruitbodies on (mainly) broadleaved wood.

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