jelly fungus

plural jelly fungi

1. Any of various fungi with an irregularly branched fruiting body apparently of jelly-like consistency.

   This yellow jelly fungus, commonly known as Witch's Butter, is seen only during the rainy season.

   1968, Robert Thomas Orr, Dorothy B. Orr, Mushrooms and Other Common Fungi of Southern California, page 18

   2 more examples

   Auricularia (jelly fungi) was placed within Hymenomycetes in the gene trees, which showed that the split between Urediniomycetes and Hymenomycetes occurred long before the split between jelly fungi and mushrooms.

   2005, Ming Hao Pei, Carlos Bayon, Carmen Ruiz, “1: Phylogenetic Position of Melampsora in Rust Fungi Inferred from Ribosomal DNA Sequences”, in Ming Hao Pei, Alistair R. McCracken, editors, Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar, page 4

   Tremella fuciformis is a tropical and subtropical jelly fungus found on hardwood logs after heavy rains. It is whitish or nearly transparent, and fairly large (up to 7 cm across)—and it features graceful gelatinous lobes rather than the glob-like blobs that typify so many other jelly fungi.

   2010, Michael Kuo, Andy Methven, 100 Cool Mushrooms, page 185