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Chicken Lips
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Chicken Lips

Leotia viscosa

Leotia viscosa, commonly known as chicken lips, as well as jelly baby and green jelly drops, is a species of mushroom in the Leotiaceae family. Its stipe is yellow and the cap is green. The cap comes in a variety of shapes. L. viscosa is known from North America and China.

The species grows under oak trees or on dead logs. It is regarded as nonpoisonous.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 348808.