Yellow Brain fungus

Yellow Brain fungus (Tremella mesenterica) bursting out from one of the charred gorse bush remains which litter the slope of Rock Hills.  They're a very common fungus on dead wood throughout the forest, with their bright colour making them easy to spot in the dulling autumn heathland.

Yellow Brain Fungus

Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica).  Yellow Brain Fungus can be yellow as its name suggests, although often you'll find it this rich tangerine orange colour and does remind you of the folds in a brain. I commonly see it growing on mature, even old/dying gorse trunks. It's not edible. Though does add colour to drab shrub, especially when growing in numbers.