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Golden Jelly Fungus
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Golden Jelly Fungus
classification
ADAPTATIONS
Jacob & Michael
Jelly fungus's main adaptation is its gelatinous texture. Unlike most fungus's outer walls, jelly fungus's are thick, soft, and gelatinous. during the dry seasons it collapses and becomes hard and unable to bend. when it getsore wet it expands once again. without this in the dry seasons it would probably dry up and die.
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Tremellaceae
Genus: Tremella
Scientific Name: Tremella
Mesenterica
Common Names: Yellow Brain,
Golden Jelly Fungus, Yellow Trembler, Witches' Butter
EATING HABITS & ROLE IN THE FOOD CHAIN
Golden jelly fungus is a decomposer. It decomposes dead and rotting leaves and tree branches. By doing this the fungi is being fed and it helps the tree so the rest of it doesnt rot itself away.
FUNGI CHARACTERISTICS
HABITAT & LOCATION
WORK CITED
INTERESTING FACTS
*www. mushroomexpert.com
*www.herbarium.usu.edu
*www.botany.hawaii.edu
*www.mushroomobserver.org
*www.fcps.edu
*www.eol.org
*www.fungionline.org.uk
GROUP QUALIFICATION
*Jelly fungus got its name because it looks alot like jelly or jello
*Jelly fungus is actually edible though not many people enjoy the raw flavor of it.
*When wet, some forms of jelly fungus looks like brain (hence one of its names "yellow brain")
Golden Jelly Fungus qualifies to be a fungus because it is a decomposer, a eukarya, it's composed of hyphae, and it lacks chlorophyll so it cant use photosynthesis for energy.
1. All are eukaryotic
2. Most are filamentous
3. Some are unicellular
4. Protoplasm of a hypha or cell is surrounded by a rigid wall
5. Many reproduce both sexually and asexually
6. Their nuclei are typically haploid and hyphal compartments are often multinucleate
7. All are achlorophyllous
8. All are chemoheterotrophic (chemo-organotrophic)
9. Possess characteristic range of storage compounds
10. May be free-living or may form intimate relationships with other organisms
Golden Jelly Fungus usually forms during wet seasons growing mainly on Red Alder but also on Pine, Poplar, and Maple. Golden jelly fungus grows on parts of dead and rotting trees. It has been recorded living in Europe, all of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.