The Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica) is the best known of a small group of fungi with a jelly-like texture commonly found throughout Britain. It first appears in the shape of a disc and then quickly forms contortions that make it look like the surface of a brain.
It is mainly seen in winter when it grows on the fallen timber of most broadleaf trees, and is usually found in wet weather as it becomes a small, hard, orange bracket during dry spells. This was growing on a dead beech branch found near the Botanic Garden in Hollingside Lane.
It is mainly seen in winter when it grows on the fallen timber of most broadleaf trees, and is usually found in wet weather as it becomes a small, hard, orange bracket during dry spells. This was growing on a dead beech branch found near the Botanic Garden in Hollingside Lane.
Steve Ansdell
