Key Identification Features
- • Bright yellow-orange gelatinous, brain-like or lobed blobs on dead wood • Rubbery and translucent when fresh
- hard and orange when dry
- rehydrates with rain • Grows on dead hardwood branches, often attached to bark • No distinct cap, gills, or pores • Very slippery texture
Preparation Notes
Technically edible but nearly tasteless; not worth consuming
Regions Found
- Northeast
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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