Am I correct in saying the "butters" are of the same genus?Originally Posted by Mouse040
Am I correct in saying the "butters" are of the same genus?
Nice trip out by the looks of the photos
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This is why I joined this forum to learn, as prior to this post I had not heard of either fungus. Thanks for educating me.
Adam all jelly fungi are a paraphyletic group of several heterobasidiomycete fungal orders from different classes of the subphylum Agaricomycotina: Tremellales, Dacrymycetales, Auriculariales and Sebacinales but these are sub family's of one main core family so in answer to you question it depends on how complicated you want to get . In all fairness most people would class both yellow jelly and whit he's butter as the same in a basic overview I've just seized the chance to show off in my otherwise boring life ,-p
I think the frog spawn is toad spawn.Went out and braved Dartmoor today.
I came across this on some gorse. At first I thought it was the yellow flowers blown and stuck on the branch, but on closer inspection, I'm not so sure. It's almost illuminous. Anyone got any ideas?
Also, because of the rain, there are lots of "ponds" on the moor, and these are absolutely teeming with frog spawn. Seemed strange as having spent years on the moor, I have never seen any frogs. Some of it is white, so not going to make it. This seems early compared with last year.
You may well be right Tony. I thought it was frog as it seems to be in clumps in quite shallow water. From what I have read, toads tend to lay in strings and deeper water. Seems strange to see half of it with white spots which has got too cold?
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