jelly fungus

1. 1.

   any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh

   Broaderfungus

   Narrowersnow mushroomwitches' butterTremella foliaceaTremella reticulataJew's-ear

Questions about jelly fungus

What does jelly fungus mean?

jelly fungus means "any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh".

Is jelly fungus a common word?

jelly fungus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.