Tremella mesenterica

Habitat: Hardwood

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Pretty! And oooh. A toughie!
Maybe Phaeotremella frondosa (presence on hardwood)? Did you see any Stereum sp. nearby? Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! That's what I was thinking as well. I didn't notice any Stereum, but there could have been...
  
  These are so hard for me to figure out! Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

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