Tremella fuciformis (Snow Fungus)

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">The fruit body is a white, translucent, gelatinous convoluted mass. There are lobes or folds orientated in a variety of directions. It may grow to over 10 centimetres in diameter and several centimetres in height, but often is smaller. On drying it shrinks dramatically.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">The fruit bodies are found on dead wood in a variety of habitats, especially wetter forests.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Look-alikes</span></span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">The striking white colour and the pronounced lobes should make this an unmistakeable species. There are some creamy <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tremella</em></span></span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"> species, a bit more cushion-like so the overall appearance is more brain-like. Some species of </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Exidia</span></em><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"> are also creamy and with a somewhat brain-like appearance. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>