"jelly fungus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jelly fungi [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|jelly fungi}} jelly fungus (plural jelly fungi)
  1. Any of various fungi with an irregularly branched fruiting body apparently of jelly-like consistency. Categories (lifeform): Mushrooms Translations (fungus): 膠質菌 (Chinese Mandarin), 胶质菌 (jiāozhìjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), echt judasoor [neuter] (Dutch), hytykkä (english: more specifically Tremella) (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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