Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales	Family: Incertae sedis
Species: Ascocoryne sarcoides (Jacq.) J.W. Groves & D.E. Wilson

Synonyms:

Acrospermum dubium Bulgaria sarcoides Coryne dubia Coryne sarcoides Helvella sarcoides Lichen sarcoides Ombrophila sarcoides Pirobasidium sarcoides Scleroderris majuscula Tremella dubia Tremella sarcoides

Common Name:

Purple Jellydisc

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (21) Fraxinus excelsior (7) Quercus (5) Betula (3) Acer pseudoplatanus (3) Betula pubescens (3) Crataegus monogyna (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Alnus glutinosa (2) Ulex europaeus (1) Populus (1) Betula pendula (1) Corylus avellana (1) Quercus robur (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Woodland: mixed (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7) Woodland (6) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Built up area, domestic (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3) Scrub (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (12) Branch (10) Fallen Tree (9) Dead Wood (7) Cut Trunk (3) Stump (3) Logs, cut (2) Rotting Wood (2) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen log (1) Log (1) Sawn Wood (1) Tree (1) Trunk, rotten (1) Wood Cut End (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (10) August (2) September (20) October (42) November (17) December (7)