jelly fungus
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various fungi with an irregularly branched fruiting body apparently of jelly-like consistency.
Example Sentences
- "This yellow jelly fungus, commonly known as Witch's Butter, is seen only during the rainy season."
- "Auricularia (jelly fungi) was placed within Hymenomycetes in the gene trees, which showed that the split between Urediniomycetes and Hymenomycetes occurred long before the split between jelly fungi and mushrooms."
- "Tremella fuciformis is a tropical and subtropical jelly fungus found on hardwood logs after heavy rains. It is whitish or nearly transparent, and fairly large (up to 7 cm across)—and it features graceful gelatinous lobes rather than the glob-like blobs that typify so many other jelly fungi."