Tremella fuciformis
Tremella fuciformis
Tremella fuciformis
Tremella fuciformis
Tremella fuciformis basidia
Common names include "snow fungus", "silver tree ear" and a
Japanese common name is "white tree jellyfish".  This fungus
always grows on wood infected by
Hypoxylon archeri.  The tree
branch is from a river birch (
Betula nigra).
This microscope image shows the
cruciate (crossed) basidia of
Tremella fuciformis.