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MUSHROOMS

Jelly Rot

Merulius tremellosus

Mushrooms
Native
Jelly Rot, photo 1 of 5
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Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.

Fungus. Grows in forests.

There are 107 observations of Jelly Rot in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Outaouais and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in October.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal33
  2. Outaouais32
  3. Capitale-Nationale12
  4. Montérégie9
  5. Estrie9
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue4
  7. Laval2
  8. Laurentides2
  9. Centre-du-Québec2
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  11. Lanaudière1

Habitat

ForestCephas

Grows on

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
TOXIC
Red mapleAcer rubrum
Silver firAbies concolor
Hazel alderAlnus serrulata
American chestnutCastanea dentata
American beechFagus grandifolia
Black ashFraxinus nigra
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Sugar mapleAcer saccharum
Silver mapleAcer saccharinum

Similar species

Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata
bicoloured bracketGloeoporus dichrous
Deer-colored TrametesTrametopsis cervina
white jelly fungusProtohydnum album
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
Blushing RosetteAbortiporus biennis
Silverleaf FungusChondrostereum purpureum
Bitter OysterlingPanellus stipticus
Ochre Spreading ToothSteccherinum ochraceum
Sulphur PolyporeLaetiporus sulphureus
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor