Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr.
Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 486. 1821.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For description see McNabb & Reid

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered to gregarious of rotten coniferous wood. Not uncommon north of the San Francisco Bay area. Rare elsewhere in California.

• Edibility

  Unknown. Inconsequential.

• Comments

  Calocera viscosa can be distinguished by yellow to yellow-orange coloration, branching tips, rubbery texture, and growth on rotting conifer wood. Calocera carnea is similar in color, but smaller with a simple club shape.

• References

  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
  McNabb, R.F.R. (1965). Taxonomic Studies in the Dacrymycetaceae II. Calocera (Fries) Fries. New Zeal. Journ. Bot. 3: 31-58. (PDF)
  Reid, D.A. (1974). A Monograph of the British Dacrymycetales. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 62(3): 433-494. (PDF)
  Shirouzu, T., Hirose, D. & Tokumasu, S. (2009). Taxonomic study of the Japanese Dacrymycetes. Persoonia 23: 16-34.
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Noah Siegel: Calocera viscosa (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Calocera viscosa (CP) — This is from Scotland
  • Christian Schwarz: Calocera viscosa (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Calocera viscosa (CP)
  • Wikipedia: Calocera viscosa (D & CP)
  • First Nature: Calocera viscosa (D & CP)
  • Mushroom Diary: Calocera viscosa (D & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 674 (D & P)
  • Jordan: p. 369 (D & CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 380 (D). pl. 735 (CP)
  • Trudell & Ammirati: p. p. 249-250 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)