Dacrymyces vanishing (Dacrymyces deliquescens)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
- Order: Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetes)
- Family: Dacrymycetaceae
- Genus: Dacrymyces (Dacrymyces)
- Type: Dacrymyces deliquescens (Dacrymyces deliquescens)
Description:
Fruiting body 0,2-0,5 cm in size, teardrop-shaped, spherical, spherical-brain-shaped, irregularly shaped, orange-red at first (during the growth of conidia), later yellow. It dries up in dry weather.
The pulp is gelatinous, soft, reddish, with red blood juice.
Spread:
It occurs from the end of May to October on dead wood of coniferous species (spruce), on barkless places, in groups, not often.