Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Golden Jelly Cone

Guepiniopsis alpinius - Numerous Golden Jelly Cone (Guepiniopsis alpinus) grow on a decaying log on Rampart Ridge in Mount Rainier National Park. This species of fungus is abundant during the spring snow melt and attatches itself to cracks in dead coniferous wood. Golden Jelly Cone is found in the Cascade and Rocky mountains. A number of the jelly fungi can be eaten raw; poisonous jelly fungi are rare. However, many species are not of a texture or taste that one would want to consume.