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Jelly Baby
A small, gelatinous ascomycete with a lumpy, slimy, ochre to olive head on a yellowish stalk. It often fruits in large groups. It was long considered a litter saprobe, but molecular and isotopic evidence suggests it is ectomycorrhizal. DNA work shows that the traditional color-based Leotia species do not form clean genetic groups.
Not recommended; treat as potentially toxic. Sources disagree, with most listing it as inedible and a few as edible but bland. Low levels of monomethylhydrazine, the gyromitrin breakdown toxin of false morels (Gyromitra), have been reported in it. No poisonings are documented.
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