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Witch's Butter This stuff was just about everywhere I looked while out hiking around today. We have had a big warm-up here the past few days and most of the snow is gone, save the higher peaks and some north facing slopes. This fungus is easy to spot, and grows quickly once the snow is gone. Captured in north Idaho's Selkirk Mountains. Fungi,Geotagged,Idaho,Tremella mesenterica,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Witch's Butter

This stuff was just about everywhere I looked while out hiking around today. We have had a big warm-up here the past few days and most of the snow is gone, save the higher peaks and some north facing slopes. This fungus is easy to spot, and grows quickly once the snow is gone. Captured in north Idaho's Selkirk Mountains.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool find. Should you ever have the time for it, this species is great for playing with lighting due to it being partly transparent. Posted 10 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 travismorhardt
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By travismorhardt

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Uploaded Feb 9, 2015. Captured Feb 8, 2015 10:39 in West Side Road, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805, USA.
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  • NIKON D3300
  • f/5.0
  • 10/5000s
  • ISO800
  • 195mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.