Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Dog eat dog.

This is Tremella mesenterica, commonly known as the yellow brain fungus, the golden jelly fungus, the yellow trembler, or witches' butter. Although it looks a little like a brain its scientific name translates as "trembling intestine"

Often found on dead wood, frequently, as here, on gorse, Tremella is a parasite of other wood decaying fungi, particularly those of the genus Peniophora

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