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

Synonyms:

Acrospermum dubium Botwm Jeli Piws 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 (5) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Quercus robur (3) Betula pubescens (3) Alnus glutinosa (3) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Ulex europaeus (1) Corylus avellana (1) Betula pendula (1) Prunus domestica subsp. domestica (1) Populus (1) Malus domestica (1) Sorbus aucuparia (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (15) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8) Woodland (6) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (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 (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: Log (16) Wood (16) Branch (14) Dead Wood (11) Fallen Tree (11) Stump (6) Cut Trunk (3) Bark (2) Decorticated Wood (2) Logs, cut (2) Rotting Wood (2) Fallen log (1) Sawn Wood (1) Tree (1) Trunk, rotten (1) Wood Cut End (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (14) February (1) March (2) April (1) May (1) August (3) September (31) October (65) November (24) December (14)