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TREMELLA FOLIACEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tremella foliacea" is a kind of...):
jelly fungus (any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh)
Holonyms ("Tremella foliacea" is a member of...):
genus Tremella; Tremella (fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain)