In nature, Rhodotus palmatus is sometimes seen "bleeding" a red- or orange-colored liquid. A similar phenomenon has also been observed when it is grown in laboratory culture on a petri dish: the orange-colored drops that appear on the mat formed by fungal mycelia precede the initial appearance of fruit bodies.
Edibility is listed as "unknown," but of course any mushroom can be eaten at least once. via
Unknown? I find it hard to believe nobody has ever tried this thing. It's so pretty and looks so sticky. You might speculate people have tasted and died, but how could everyone who did have been alone. Nah, someone knows, they're keeping it a secret or the government has shut them up.
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Having encountered these in the wild, I can say the temptation to try them heightened by the delicate, pleasantly fruity smell they gave off! They're very beautiful in person, now that elms are practically non-existent in the UK they are apparently a rare species, but I've found a lot of them in my wandering through woodland pockets in London
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