Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Leotiaceae
Species: Leotia lubrica (Scop.) Pers.
Synonyms: Leotia gelatinosa
Common Name: Jellybaby
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Leotia lubricaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (16)
Corylus avellana (14)
Quercus (6)
Beech (4)
Betula (4)
Betula pubescens (2)
Pteridium aquilinum (2)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Luzula (1)
Platanus x hispanica (1)
Poa (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (43)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (16)
Woodland (15)
Woodland: mixed (15)
Parkland and scattered trees (8)
Built up area, domestic (7)
Woodland: broadleaved (7)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (6)
Scrub (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Bog (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (36)
Soil Mossy (19)
Soil Leaves (15)
Soil bare (4)
Moss (1)
Soil Peat (1)
Twig (1)
Wet Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
June (1)
July (2)
August (6)
September (37)
October (62)
November (13)