About Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr.
Calocera viscosa forms bright golden to orange-yellow (rarely white) firmly gelatinous fruit bodies that can grow up to 10 centimetres (4 in) tall. These fruit bodies have a paler stem and coral-like branches, and are too insubstantial to hold culinary interest. This species is a wood-decay fungus that grows on conifer logs and dead conifer wood. It was originally described from Germany, is common across all of Europe, and has also been recorded in North America, Asia, and Australia. On the West Coast of North America, it appears from October to March, while it fruits from July to September in other areas of the continent.
