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snow fungus

Tremella fuciformis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 47, February 47, March 103, April 349, May 783, June 954, July 636, August 303, September 161, October 84, November 37, December 25.
United States4,639
Australia3,529
Victoria2,760
Hawaii715
Georgia545
Tennessee470
North Carolina419
Virginia376
New Zealand375
Kentucky310

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Jelly fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically jelly fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group
  • Fungal parasiteListed by a harvested fungal ecology source as a parasite of fungi.FUNGuild fungal ecology database

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassTremellomycetes
OrderTremellales
FamilyTremellaceae
GenusTremella

Sources

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