Calocera guepiniodes

Common name: Scotsman’s Beard

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

Recorded from southern Australia.

Description:

This species looks like tiny, cylindrical or slightly tapering orange or yellow fingers on wood. The fingers are up to 5 millimetres tall and have a gelatinous texture. It can be found on dead wood, often Banksia wood. It is a decomposer species of fungi.

References:

Fungi of the Perth Region and Beyond. Neale L Bougher. http://www.wanaturalists.org.au/branches-groups/fungi/fungi-books-and-resources/

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/fungi/60100695