Jelly-like; smooth, featureless surface

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This sub-group holds those gelatinous fungi, amongst the group commonly referred to as jelly fungi, that don’t fit into any of the previous categories. Those other jelly fungi may be:

Shelf-like

Stalk-like

Convoluted to brain-like

The fungi in this sub-group have smooth & featureless fruitbodies. If you have found a spotted and somewhat gelatinous fruitbody you probably have one of the soft-fruitbody species of Hypocrea, included in the next sub-group.

Jelly-like; smooth, featureless surface

Latest sightings

Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacryopinax spathularia) at Surf Beach, NSW - 1 Jul 2025 by LyndalT

Dacrymyceteae Family at Yass River, NSW - 28 Jun 2025 by SenexRugosus

Dacrymyces sp. at Isaacs, ACT - 28 Jun 2025 by Mike

Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacryopinax spathularia) at Milsons Point, NSW - 17 May 2025 by Choyster

Heterotextus sp. (A yellow saprophytic jelly fungi) at Acton, ACT - 22 Jun 2025 by TimL

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Discussion

Teresa wrote:

1 Jul 2025

These look fantastic after rain

Dacryopinax spathularia

Teresa wrote:

21 May 2025

Not a myxo but one of the jellys

Dacrymyces sp.

Teresa wrote:

15 Apr 2025

Looks a little like a dehydrated Tremella sp.

Unverified Jelly-like; smooth, featureless surface

Heinol wrote:

9 Apr 2025

I oscillate between Tremella and Dacrymyces!

Dacrymyces sp.

Heino1 wrote:

6 Dec 2024

Fresh Heterotextus fruitbodies are pendulous with a narrow attachment point and then broadening downward. From a short distance away one of these resembles a broad, upside-down cone. The lower surface may be more or less flattish or curved a little upward (then resulting in a fruitbody that has a slight resemblance to an upside-down cup. As the fruitbodies dry they may become more cup-like or somewhat irregular in form. If a fungus on wood is yellow to orange and looks like an upside down cup it’s probably a Heterotextus. Though it can be harder to tell when fruitbodies are immature or greatly dried.

There certainly are yellow to orange, wood-inhabiting ascomycetes, which may angle their cup-like surfaces in various directions, though mostly the cups face upward. Some of the orange species of Orbilia might be confused with Heterotextus. However, Orbilia frutibodies are typically gregarious, closely packed and they don’t expand to resemble a broad cone.

Heterotextus sp.