Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Auriculariales: Exidiaceae: Sebacina schweinitzii (Peck) Oberw.

Sebacina schweinitzii – jellied false coral

Synonyms: Sebacina pallida, Thelephora pallida, Thelephora schweinitzii, Tremellodendron pallidum, Tremellodendron schweinitzii.

Common name: jellied false coral.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

False coral mushrooms (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Upper view of false coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Mushrooms Sebacina schweinitzii (Tremellodendron schweinitzii)(?) growing between grass stems on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 20, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

False coral mushrooms (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2019
Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
17600-17750 Simmons Ln, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Young false coral mushrooms Sebacina schweinitzii (Tremellodendron schweinitzii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Upper view of false coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 20, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 20, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Jellied false coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
Big Creek Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA

Young jellied false coral mushrooms (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 7, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Partially dry jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) grown in area of recent prescribed burn in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Side view of jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Dried tips of jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Forest Service Rd 274E, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Cut by halves jellied false coral mushroom (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Small jellied false coral mushrooms (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) growing on sticks on a trail in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, June 11, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Jellied false coral fungus (Sebacina schweinitzii) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 18, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset http://www.mycobank.org.

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Links

• List of mushrooms with photos.
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• List of Latin names.
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• Mushrooms from Texas, old version of web page.
• Mushrooms of Russia.
• Collection of mushrooms from Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Acknowledgements

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