JELLY FUNGI 121 



less wrinkled and folded, soft, trembling; s [> o r e s globose, 12-15/j,. The name 

 refers to the color. 



In clusters on decaying trunks and branches ; too small to be valuable. 



Tremella mesenterica Orange Tremella 



Cap 5-10 cm. wide, bright orange or orange-yellow, very variable, but usually 

 much branched and folded, jelly-like, firm; spores ellipsoid to globoid, 6-8/j. 

 'I'he name refers to the form. 



Common on dead trunks and branches ; edible. 



Figure 86. Tremell-^ krondosa 



Tremella frondosa Leafy Tremella 



Cap 5-15 cm. wide, yellow, yellowish, or pinkish yellow, rarely brownish, deep- 

 ly lobed, the lobes large, leaf-like, wrinkled or folded, jelly-like; spores globose, 

 S-ljx. The name refers to the leaf -like lobes. 



Frequent on decaying wood : said to be edible. 



