Tremella aurantia

Golden ear: a bright yellow, lobed, seaweed-like jelly fungus up to about 15 cm across that parasitises the hairy curtain crust, Stereum hirsutum, on dead broadleaf branches. It is now usually placed in Naematelia as N. aurantia. It fruits in cool, wet weather; its relative N. aurantialba is cultivated in China, but no cultivation method is published for this species.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

On dead attached or recently fallen broadleaf branches, growing on and often enveloping fruit bodies of its host Stereum hirsutum.

Recorded at 130–2700 m, median 625 m (5 records); mostly lowland to submontane woodland.

EuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaNorthern Asia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Tremella aurantia? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Tremella

Tremella mesenterica Tremella fuciformis Tremella cetrariellae Tremella exigua Tremella globispora Tremella parmeliarum Tremella versicolor Tremella anaptychiae Tremella diaporthicola Tremella fibulifera Tremella steidleri Tremella tubulosae All 271 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.