From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > riburr wrote:   
   >>   
   >> You got it, thanks.  Probably Tremella reticulata.  Question now is   
   >> it edible?  See mixed accounts on the web.  See indications it is   
   >> cultivated in Guatemala, and used as food in some parts of the   
   >> world. Other reports say it is inedible or has unknown edibility..   
   >>   
   >   
   > Edibility of Tremella? It's the same genus as "witch's butter" so it   
   > might be worth a small sample. Roody says edibility unknown, I'd   
   > guess it's edible but uninteresting. I've seen vast quantities fruit   
   > when it's very damp.   
   >   
      
   Tried a little Tremella just now, fried with a little onion and   
   scrambled into egg.  The mushroom by itself is totally unremarkable, so   
   lacking in taste it seems to suck the taste from other ingredients.   
   Texture is somewhat similar to tree-ear, but a little softer, again   
   lacking distinction.  Wouldn't bother with it again unless I can find   
   some way of spicing it up...  Maybe a marinade soak before cooking like   
   I do with Auricularia?   
      
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