Tremella, a genus of Fungi, of the division Hymenomycetes, soft and gelatinous, mostly growing on decaying wood. In some places they receive such popular names as Witches' Meat, and an imaginary medicinal value has been ascribed to them.
Tremella
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 285
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