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JELLY FUNGUS

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Meaning:

Any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jelly fungus" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jelly fungus"):

snow mushroom; Tremella fuciformis (popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried)

Tremella lutescens; witches' butter (a yellow jelly fungus)

Tremella foliacea (a jelly fungus with a fruiting body 5-15 cm broad and gelatinous in consistency; resembles a bunch of leaf lettuce; mostly water and brownish in color)

Tremella reticulata (a jelly fungus with an erect whitish fruiting body and a highly variable shape (sometimes resembling coral fungi))

Auricularia auricula; ear fungus; Jew's-ear; Jew's-ears (widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood)

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