Calocera cornea

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Calocera cornea

Calocera cornea is a jelly fungus that grows on decaying wood. It is a member of the Dacrymycetales, an order of fungi characterized by their unique "tuning fork" basidia.

Its yellow, finger-like, tapering basidiocarp

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Basidiocarp

A basidiocarp, basidiome or basidioma , is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multi-cellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne....
s are somewhat gelatinous in texture. In typical specimens the basidiocarps become up to 3mm in diamter, and 2cm in height. The hymenium

Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidium or ascus, which produce spores....
covers the sides of the basidiocarps, each basidium producing and forcibly discharging only two basidiospores.