Tremella mesenterica

Taxabox | name = "Tremella mesenterica"

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image_width = 250px
caption =
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
subdivisio = Agaricomycotina
classis = Heterobasidiomycetes
ordo = Tremellales
familia = Tremellaceae
genus = "Tremella"
species = "T. mesenterica"
binomial = "Tremella mesenterica"
binomial_authority = Retz. & Fr.mycomorphbox
name = Tremella mesenterica
hymeniumType=smooth
capShape = no
whichGills = NA
stipeCharacter=NA
sporePrintColor=white
sporePrintColor2=yellow
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
howEdible=edible

"Tremella mesenterica" (common names include "yellow brain fungus", "golden jelly fungus" and "Witch's butter") is a jelly fungus that is commonly found on rotting wood, especially gorse, as a parasite of crust fungi of the genus "Peniophora" [Kuo, M. (2005, January). "Tremella mesenterica": Witch's butter. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/tremella_mesenterica.html] ] . It is not considered edible, though it can be cooked in soups, or used as a substitute for Jelly Ear fungus.

Its close relative, snow fungus, "T. fuciformis", is commonly used in Chinese cuisine, and witch's butter is also used as a tough substitute for snow fungus.

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