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Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus (Sweet Osmanthus Ear)
Dacrymyces spathularia is a small yellow to orange jelly fungus with a short stalk and a flattened, fan- or spoon-shaped head. It grows in clusters on decaying wood and causes a brown rot. It is eaten in China as guihua'er, 'sweet osmanthus ear', and is grown industrially for glycolipids used as a beverage preservative.
Edible. In China it is called guihua'er (sweet osmanthus ear) and sometimes goes into the vegetarian dish Buddha's delight. It is eaten for texture rather than flavor. Similar small orange jelly fungi (Guepiniopsis buccina, young Dacrymyces chrysospermus) are not known to be dangerous.
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