tremellales

from The Century Dictionary.

• An order of the higher basidiomycetous fungi mostly of a gelatinous texture and included chiefly in the family Tremellaceæ. Two other small families occur in the tropics.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic