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Snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis, also known as white fungus or silver tree-ear fungus) is a type of jelly fungus
Jelly fungi

The class Heterobasidiomycetes or jelly fungi is a paraphyletic group of several Fungi orders: Tremellales, Auriculariales, Dacrymycetales....
 (a kind of mushroom
Mushroom

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, hence the word mushroom is most often applied to those fungi that have a stem , a cap , and gills on the unde...
) that is used in Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world ? from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa....
. In Chinese, it is called ?? (pinyin: yín er; literally "silver ear"), ?? (pinyin: xue er; literally "snow ear"); or ??? (pinyin: bái mù er, literally "white wood ear"), and in Japanese it is called shiro kikurage (??????, lit.






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Snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis, also known as white fungus or silver tree-ear fungus) is a type of jelly fungus
Jelly fungi

The class Heterobasidiomycetes or jelly fungi is a paraphyletic group of several Fungi orders: Tremellales, Auriculariales, Dacrymycetales....
 (a kind of mushroom
Mushroom

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, hence the word mushroom is most often applied to those fungi that have a stem , a cap , and gills on the unde...
) that is used in Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world ? from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa....
. In Chinese, it is called ?? (pinyin: yín er; literally "silver ear"), ?? (pinyin: xue er; literally "snow ear"); or ??? (pinyin: bái mù er, literally "white wood ear"), and in Japanese it is called shiro kikurage (??????, lit. "white tree jellyfish").

The fungus grows in frilly masses on trees and is off-white in color and very translucent.

The product is often purchased dried and must be soaked before use. It is used in both savory and sweet dishes. While tasteless, it is enjoyed for its jelly-like texture as well as its supposed medicinal benefits. Most commonly, it is used to make a sweet dessert soup
Tong Sui

Tong sui, also known as tian tang, is a collective term for any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine....
 called luk mei, often in combination with jujube
Jujube

Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called Jujube, Red Date , or Chinese Date, is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily for its fruits....
s and dried longan
Longan

The longan is a tropical tree native to southern China. It is also found in Southeast Asia. It is also called guiyuan in Chinese language, lengkeng in Indonesia, mata kucing in Malaysia, nh?n in Vietnamese , Mora in Sinhalese and also "longan" in Tagalog language....
s, among other ingredients. It's also used as a component of a drink.

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Auricularia auricula-judae
Auricularia auricula-judae

Auricularia auricula-judae is commonly known as Judas's ear fungus or Jew's Ear, the name from which it derives the "judae" in its scientific name, or as the jelly ear fungus....
 Tremella mesenterica
Tremella mesenterica

Tremella mesenterica is a jelly fungus that is commonly found on rotting wood, especially Common Gorse, as a parasite of crust fungi of the genus Peniophora....
 ("Witch's Butter") Cloud ear fungus
Cloud ear fungus

Cloud ear fungus is an edible jelly fungus. It is gray-brown in color and often used in Asian cuisine. In Chinese, it is known as ?? , ??? , or ?? , and in Japanese it is called arage kikurage ....
 Wood ear
Wood ear

Wood ear, or ?? , can refer to two different closely related species of edible fungus used primarily in Asian cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried....