11/23/23, Bellingham WA, Weather: Sunny
Black to white corals. Grows in small spread out to close together groups.
No distinctive smell
About 1 cm length
Location: on birch tree branch, and log. In a park nearby walking area. Nearby moss and pine needles. Urban setting
11/23/23, Bellingham WA, Weather: Sunny
Bright orange crust. Kind of wrinkly in texture.
About 7 cm length for one group
Location: on fallen tree. In a park nearby common walking area. Growing nearby lichen and other yellow fungi on the tree. Urban setting
On a piece of Douglas Fir bark, or possibly a black cottonwood chip.
Scale is quite small here. The branch was maybe 2” diameter and this was the clearest photo I could get.
1st photo taken 11/17. Psyche! Its red! 4th photo taken 11/15. One day after shows the mold coagulating into spore bearing thingies
Black and white can rub off on fingers, quite common in area
Not slimy, smells like dirt very earthy.