The Dacrymycetaceae are a family of jelly-like basidiomycete fungi characterised by their bright yellow–orange, waxy to gelatinous fruiting bodies and their distinctive forked (bisterigmate) basidia. They are saprotrophs of dead wood with a worldwide distribution, contributing significantly to forest nutrient cycling. The fruiting bodies are very diverse in shape and size ranging from very small dot-like structures, to erect branched, antler shaped forms.
Genus: Calocera
Calocera species are gelatinous, bright yellow–orange jelly fungi producing upright, cylindrical to antler-like basidiocarps.
Fruitbodies range from simple clubs to repeatedly branched, coralloid structures, depending on species.
Texture is waxy-gelatinous when moist, becoming rubbery or horn-like when dry.
Calocera species
Calocera fusca
Genus: Dacrymyces
this species produce small, gelatinous basidiocarps that are typically pulvinate, globose, irregularly lobed, or cerebriform. Fruitbodies are sessile, lacking a true stipe, and often coalesce into irregular masses in wet conditions.
They are among the most common and recognisable jelly fungi on decaying wood.
Dacrymyces spathularia
Genus: Guepiniopsis
These are brightly coloured, gelatinous jelly fungi producing cup-, trumpet-, or disc-shaped basidiocarps. Fruitbodies are typically small, thin-fleshed, and translucent, often with a flared or wavy margin.
They arise from a short, narrowed base rather than a true stipe.
Guepiniopsis buccina
Genus: Heterotextus
Heterotextus species are small, gelatinous jelly fungi producing stipitate, cupulate, or spathulate basidiocarps. Fruitbodies consist of a short, stout stipe supporting a cup-, disc-, or paddle-shaped head. The exterior is often roughened or faintly ribbed, and the texture is gelatinous to firm-gelatinous.
Heterotextus miltinus
Heterotextus pezizaeformis
Genus: Unidentified Species
The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond their genus. Likely due to me not understanding the keys or a species that has not yet been described (named). Some have been sequenced, confirming that they are undescribed species.
Calocera species
Calocera fusca
Dacrymyces spathularia
Guepiniopsis buccina
Heterotextus miltinus
Heterotextus pezizaeformis
Dacrymycetaceae sp.
Dacrymyces sp.
Dacrymyces sp.