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Tremella mesenterica — Witch's Butter — Tremellaceae


 Small jelly fungus. Fruiting body brain-like, consisting of many folds and lobes, gelatinous to rubbery, bright yellow-orange. Saprophytic.
 
Habitat: Solitary or in small merged clumps, on rotting hardwood sticks and branches, including shrubs such as salmonberry.

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Yellowish

Season: Autumn

 

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Folded fruiting body
ODT Whitefeather

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Gelatinous to rubbery
ODT Whitefeather

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