Witches' butter. Close-up of witches' butter (Tremella mesenterica) fungus growing on a dead branch. This edible fungus grows on dead twigs and branch

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Witches' butter. Close-up of witches' butter (Tremella mesenterica) fungus growing on a dead branch. This edible fungus grows on dead twigs and branches. The fruiting body (yellow) is soft, gelatinous and translucent with brain-like lobes. The surface layer produces basidia which produce four spores that are released into the air (heterobasidiomycete).

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: biological, biology, body, brain, branch, butter, dead, edible, fruiting, fungal, fungi, fungus, gelatinous, golden, heterobasidomycete, jelly, mesenterica, mycological, mycology, translucent, trembler, tremella, witches, yellow