Ascocoryne sarcoides 1
Ascocoryne sarcoides, "Purple Jellydisc", an ascomycete. Pale purplish gelatinous discs with darker margins, lobed, gregarious, to 20 mm on wet, rotting wood in wet forests. Essentially no stem. Fairly common, in clusters. especially in SE Australian wet forests. It often goes into an asexual reproductive stage, forming pale tiny little paler clubs, covered with microscopic "conidia". Myrtle Loop Walk, The Beeches, Marysville, 2005.
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