Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: English: Leafy Brain Fungus (Tremella foliacea) This species is widespread but rare (I had never encountered it before); distribution map:
http://data.nbn.org.uk/gridMap/gridMap.jsp?allDs=1&srchSpKey=NHMSYS0001500016 The specimen shown here might not seem very typical in appearance, but this is simply because it is such a large example of its species; as a result, the distinctive lobe margins are smaller, as a proportion of the entire lobe, than in most pictured examples. Compare a more typical example, the fourth photo from the bottom of the page at
http://www.natureconservationimaging.com/Pages/nature_conservation_imaging_woodland_hedgerow_trees_fungi.htm The fungus was growing on the eastern side of the base of a tree stump; I measured the fruiting body to be about 10 cm wide by 10 cm tall, and projecting about 7 cm from the surface of the stump. It has therefore attained the maximum size for this species (which is said to range from 3 to 10 cm in diameter). The book "Fungi without Gills" (Ellis & Ellis, 1990) describes this species as follows: "fruitbodies tufted and made up of a number of broad, leafy lobes 3-10 cm long, gelatinous, brown or reddish brown... Mostly on dead branches and stumps of deciduous trees, rarely on conifers"; coverage of this species in more popular works is patchy. Date: 27 January 2009. Source: From
geograph.org.uk. Author:
Lairich Rig. Attribution(
required by the license)InfoFieldLairich Rig / Leafy Brain Fungus /
CC BY-SA 2.0. InfoFieldLairich Rig / Leafy Brain Fungus. Camera location
55° 58′ 15″ N, 4° 35′ 30″ W View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.970800; -4.591800. Object location
55° 58′ 15″ N, 4° 35′ 30″ W View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 55.970800; -4.591800.
