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JELLY FUNGUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh
Classified under:
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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