Golden yellow jelly fungus is ?: (A) T tursurans, (B) T montegrophytes, (C) Trenella mesenterica, (D) E floccosum
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e., Trenella mesenterica The term jelly fungus is sometimes applied to any fungus with a jelly like fruiting body, but it is especially appropriate for the members of a group of texa traditionally assigned to the order Tremellales. Largest genus is Tremella, which consists of about 80 species. Tremella mesenterica (witches butter) is a commonly encountered species which has orange to golden yellow fruiting bodies. Therefore it is also called as golden yellow jelly fungus or yellow brain or yellow trembler.