Key Identification Features
- Cap pink to salmon-orange, 3–10 cm, with striking network of raised veins creating a wrinkled or reticulate surface unique to this species
- gelatinous-viscid surface
- grows only on dead elm (Ulmus)
- very rare — associated with elm decline
- unmistakable
Regions Found
- Northeast
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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