🌿 Nature Notes 🌿 Jelly fungi in North Carolina are gelatinous, rubbery organisms that primarily grow on dead or dying branches and logs after rain or periods of high humidity.

🍄 There are many species of jelly fungi – this is a loose term based on the appearance of several unrelated groups of fungi that produce gelatinous fruiting bodies. Their fruiting bodies contain a lot of water and have a gelatinous structure which gives them the ability to dry out and rehydrate. When it hasn't been wet, they look dried up and shriveled, but after rain, they absorb water and become gelatinous and jelly-like again! 📸 Audrey Gentry [Image Description: Jelly fungi on a log, taken at the Confluence Natural Area] #enoriver #supportconservation #naturelovers