Jellybaby - Leotia lubrica
Jellybabies
These long-stemmed, rubbery fungi look superficially like gill fungi, but the underneath surface of the 'cap' is smooth. The head is rounded, and irregularly lobed; variable in colour from greenish-brown to olive or golden yellow and pale yellow.
Photograph in habitat; note substrate and habitat
wet or boggy woodlands
Usually fruiting from August to October in Britain.
David Taylor
Brascote Pits
20 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
30 September 2019
Melinda Bell
Grace Dieu wood
07 November 2021
stalk finely pimpled
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
26 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
26 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Bagworth Heath Woods
13 October 2024
surface smooth under cap
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
Melinda Bell
Grace Dieu wood
07 November 2021
Melinda Bell
Bagworth Heath Woods
13 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Grace Dieu wood
07 November 2021
texture slimy all over
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Species profile
- Common names
- Jellybaby
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Leotiales
- Family:
- Leotiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 30/09/2019 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 30/11/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
30 September 2019
