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Types of fungal fruiting bodies (or sporocarps)

Coral and jelly fungi

a coral fungus Clavaria zollingeri

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.

a jelly fungus Tremella mesenterica