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Coral fungi, usually found on soil but sometimes on rotting wood, may be simple fleshy clubs or intricately branched coral-like forms in various colours (e.g. white, yellow, brown, orange, purple). Generally they are no more than a few centimetres in height but some species may grow 15-20 centimetres tall. Shown here is Clavaria zollingeri, found in damp forests.
Jelly-fungi look like gelatinous blobs and grow on rotting wood. They
are generally quite rubbery in consistency, surprisingly robust and include
white, yellow and brown species. They vary in size from a few millimetres to
several centimetres in diameter. Two common species are the white Tremella
fuciformis
and the yellow to orange Tremella mesenterica below.