| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | TREMELLA FOLIACEA |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | JELLY LEAF |
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| Fig 1 |
| FRUIT BODY | 3-12cm wide. Brain like mass of gelatinous reddish brown to brown leaf-like lobes. Shiny surface becoming shrivelled, crisp and eventually black when dry only to revive when damper conditions return. |
| GILLS/PORES | N/A |
| FLESH | Soft, gelatinous, concolorous with fruit body. |
| SPORES | White, subglobose. |
| HABITAT | Broad leaf trees and rarely on conifers. Parasitic on crust fungi. |
| SEASON | Frequent. All year round. |
| EDIBILITY | Edible. a |