A while back, I posted these cute little chocolate custard people fungi but couldn't work out what they were. Turns out they are Ascocoryne sarcoides (Purple Jellydisc) and they exist in many parts of the world.

They're tricky little things because they come in two distinctly different forms:
- Purple discs
- Little custard people that come in strawberry or chocolate variety Note: 'chocolate', 'strawberry' and 'custard' refer to appearance, not edibility or flavour.

I found some discs but no strawberry people. Looking at these two photos side-by-side you wouldn't guess they are the same species.

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