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Tremella mesenterica Habitat: Growing on hardwood; mixed forest Fall,Geotagged,Tremella,Tremella mesenterica,United States,fungus,jelly fungus Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Tremella mesenterica

Habitat: Growing on hardwood; mixed forest

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    Barry
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    Needs a cool name. Posted 2 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      I totally forgot that it has common names...It's often called Witch's Butter or Yellow Brain. Posted 2 years ago

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The Witch's Butter

"Tremella mesenterica" 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".

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Similar species: Jellylike Fungi
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jun 11, 2023. Captured Nov 20, 2021 13:51 in 3 Church St, Roxbury, CT 06783, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/128s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.