Tre`mel´la
| n. | 1. | (Bot.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Tremella - fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brainfungus genus - includes lichen genera family Tremellaceae, Tremellaceae - a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally 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) |
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