Crystal Brain Fungus (Exidia nucleata) – To my intial eye and mind’s interpretation it looks like a jellied seal chilling out on a branch. But we don’t have jellied seals. do we? This was found on a small rotting twig, and it would shrivel to nothing but a rubber patch in dry weather, so you could hardly see it. It is a common wood-rotting species of jelly fungus found across Europe and North America. It also goes by the name of Granular Jelly Roll. Sounds yummy. Double-click on image if you want to zoom in closer.
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It looks like someone has fallen asleep there.
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Lol! It does that 🙂
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Something very strange!
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Indeed!
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Interesting specimen!
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Thank you!
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It takes a lot to make me go “Uhhh…ewww…” but this came close, once I knew what it is. At first, I thought it was a rock!
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It is a strange one … and you can imagine my own “Uhhh …ewww …” when I first saw it, lol! 🙂
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That is strange, never have I seen that, or maybe I just never noticed it.
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I am always fascinated and excited by new species I find, even in my own back yard, which I have never seen before.
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Like people who can’t help staring at a bad auto accident I couldn’t help not clicking twice. I see the seal’s flipper but I also see a hound dog’s head. 🙂 Nice job of capturing an interesting subject.
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Thank you, David. The flipper was clear to me, but now I see the hound dog’s head, too.
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Witches Butter and Crystal Brain … quite the alchemist’s melting pot you have!
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There are a lot of weird and wonderful things out there in nature,and occasionally you find them, or they find you 🙂
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Looks like a big blob of rubber cement (Ha!)
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That is really slimy 😦 but definitely agree with the chillin seal idea.
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It is a slippery dude, but glad you can see the seal, too 🙂
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Definitely😊 i often see things like that.
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🙂
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Funky looking stuff! I love walking around in our woods looking for weird and interesting things – and there’s plenty of it as there is a lot of dead wood.
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I always keep an eye out to, and I will also venture deeper into woods just to see what is off the beaten track. Thank you Marilyn.
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Your description of a jellied seal is highly appropriate to the shape, Pete. Such an unusual looking wood fungus and well worth sharing. 🙂
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Thank you, Vicki. As the weather warmed up the fungus dried and had virtually disappeared like it had not even been there.
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How weird is that, but as you know, when nature dies, it disintegrates and ‘melts’ back into the earth.
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What a name, ha!
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It does look very strange. But there is something exciting about finding fungus. Suddenly, they are just there!
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Yes, finding fungi can be exciting, because you never know what will turn up next!
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We found some last week on a couple of stumps in our garden and it gave me childlike joy. Nature is wonderful!
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I understand that childlike joy! It’s great to get it back once and a while 🙂
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Exciting. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone like that.
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Thank you, Anki. Something to look out for.
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What a curious find. It looks kind of like a dollop of hair gel.
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Crystal brain fungus that does indeed look like a melting jellied seal. Something to go with The Strange, The Weird, The Odd of a few weeks ago. You can’t half spot some peculiar stuff. A bit of woodland crystal brain fungus spotting for me soon, methinks.
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I am still surprised myself at some of the odd, the strange and the weird stuff I encounter myself.
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Strange and icky!
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Oh I have a strange one too … check out dog vomit fungus! Found it in my veg garden a few years ago! Very strange
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Have to love the neverending weirdness of Kingdom Fungi!
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You sure do! 🙂
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