Species

Tremella mesenterica (Witch’s butter)

Tremella mesenterica. Photo: (c) Liam O’Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Tremella mesenterica (common names include yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, and witches’ butter) is a common jelly fungus in the Tremellaceae family of the Agaricomycotina. It is most frequently found on dead but attached and on recently fallen branches, especially of angiosperms, as a parasite of wood decay fungi in the genus Peniophora. The gelatinous, orange-yellow fruit body of the fungus, which can grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) diameter, has a convoluted or lobed…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Tremellomycetes
        Order: Tremellales
        Family: Tremellaceae
        Genus: Tremella
        Species: Tremella mesenterica (Witch’s butter)

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