Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales	Family: Helotiaceae
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 (44) Fraxinus excelsior (9) Quercus (7) Betula (6) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Betula pubescens (3) Alnus glutinosa (3) Populus (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Betula pendula (1) Malus domestica (1) Prunus domestica subsp. domestica (1) Quercus robur (1) Sorbus aucuparia (1) Ulex europaeus (1) Corylus avellana (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (18) Woodland and scrub (15) Woodland (12) Woodland: mixed (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7) Parkland and scattered trees (6) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built-up areas (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Unintensively managed orchards (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Log (17) Wood (16) Branch (15) Fallen Tree (12) Dead Wood (10) Stump (6) Bark (3) Cut Trunk (3) Logs, cut (2) Rotting Wood (2) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen log (1) Sawn Wood (1) Tree (1) Trunk, rotten (1) Wood Cut End (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (11) March (1) April (1) August (3) September (31) October (57) November (22) December (11)