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Fungi: Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Peltigerales: Collemataceae: Collema tenax (Sw.) Ach.

Collema tenax – soil jelly lichen

Synonyms: Collema auriculatum, Collema ceranoides, Collema concinnum, Collema crispum, Collema cristatellum, Collema pulposum, Collema subcorallinum, Enchylium tenax, Eucollema ceranoides, Eucollema concinnum, Eucollema pulposum, Eucollema tenax, Gabura pulposa, Lempholemma confertum, Leptogium cristatellum, Lichen pulposus, Lichen tenax, Parmelia pulposa, Parmelia tenax.

Common name: soil jelly lichen.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Collema tenax is a species of lichen known by the common names jelly lichen, black lichen, and desert lichen. It occurs in Arctic and temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere. It is very common in North America, and it is present in Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is the most widely distributed Collema.

Polish: Galaretnica gliniasta, Swedish: Seg gelélav.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Soil jelly lichen (<B>Collema tenax</B>) with moss on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-01-15.htm">January 15, 2019</A>
LinkSoil jelly lichen (Collema tenax) with moss on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2019
Location on mapsSchob Nature Preserve, 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Close up of soil jelly lichen (<B>Collema tenax</B>) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-01-15.htm">January 15, 2019</A>
LinkClose up of soil jelly lichen (Collema tenax) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2019
Location on mapsSchob Nature Preserve, 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Tar-jelly lichen (<B>Collema tenax</B>) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-01-15.htm">January 15, 2019</A>
LinkTar-jelly lichen (Collema tenax) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2019
Location on mapsSchob Nature Preserve, 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Tar-jelly lichen (<B>Collema tenax</B>) with moss on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-01-15.htm">January 15, 2019</A>
LinkTar-jelly lichen (Collema tenax) with moss on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2019
Location on mapsSchob Nature Preserve, 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Brown disks of apothecia of tar-jelly lichen (<B>Collema tenax</B>) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-01-15.htm">January 15, 2019</A>
LinkBrown disks of apothecia of tar-jelly lichen (Collema tenax) on a trodden path in David E. Schob Nature Preserve at 906 Ashburn Street. College Station, Texas, January 15, 2019
Location on mapsSchob Nature Preserve, 906 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

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