Tremella mesenterica

Tremella Mesenterica

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Tremella mesenterica

Tremella mesenterica (common name

Common name

A common name is a name in general use within a community . A common name is not necessarily a commonly used name.Many of the conventions and traditions described in this article are based on the English language, and thus may not apply to common names in other languages....
s include yellow brain fungus, golden jelly fungus and Witch's butter) is a jelly fungus that is commonly found on rotting wood, especially gorse

Common Gorse

Ulex europaeus, commonly known as the Common Gorse, is an evergreen shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to western Europe from a northerly point of The United Kingdom south to Portugal, and Westerly point of Ireland east to Galiza in Belgium....
, as a parasite of crust fungi of the genus Peniophora
Peniophora

Peniophora is a genus of plant pathogens. There are a large number of species in the genus including, for example, Peniophora albobadia....
. This fungus occurs widely in locations including North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
and Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. The species is not considered edible.

Its close relative, snow fungus

Snow fungus

Snow fungus is a type of jelly fungi that is used in Chinese cuisine. In Chinese, it is called wikt:?? , wikt:?? ; or wikt:??? , and in Japanese it is called shiro kikurage ....
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Tremella mesenterica (common name
Common name

A common name is a name in general use within a community . A common name is not necessarily a commonly used name.Many of the conventions and traditions described in this article are based on the English language, and thus may not apply to common names in other languages....
s include yellow brain fungus, golden jelly fungus and Witch's butter) is a jelly fungus that is commonly found on rotting wood, especially gorse
Common Gorse

Ulex europaeus, commonly known as the Common Gorse, is an evergreen shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to western Europe from a northerly point of The United Kingdom south to Portugal, and Westerly point of Ireland east to Galiza in Belgium....
, as a parasite of crust fungi of the genus Peniophora
Peniophora

Peniophora is a genus of plant pathogens. There are a large number of species in the genus including, for example, Peniophora albobadia....
. This fungus occurs widely in locations including North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
and Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
. The species is not considered edible.

Its close relative, snow fungus
Snow fungus

Snow fungus is a type of jelly fungi that is used in Chinese cuisine. In Chinese, it is called wikt:?? , wikt:?? ; or wikt:??? , and in Japanese it is called shiro kikurage ....
, T. fuciformis, is commonly 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....
, and Witch's butter is also used as a substitute for snow fungus.

See also

Schizosaccharomyces cerevisiae
Schizosaccharomyces cerevisiae

Schizosaccharomyces is a genus of binary fission yeasts. The yeast species Schizosaccharomyces pombe and S. cerevisiae are both well studied; these two species diverged approximately 300 to 600 million years before present, and are significant tools in the study of DNA damage and repair mechanisms....
Tremella aurantia
Tremella aurantia

Tremella aurantia is a species of fungi in the family Tremellaceae. The common name of this species is Golden ear T. aurantia is similar in appearance to Tremella mesenterica, but has basidia which are stalked instead of sessile....