Ingredient Overview
Tremella, or snow fungus, has pale, frilled fruiting bodies with a distinctive jelly-like texture. It is familiar in Chinese food and herbal traditions and is valued as a source of fungal polysaccharides.
Snow fungus is familiar in sweet soups and other preparations where its soft, hydrated texture is part of the appeal. Concentrated ingredients focus on its fungal polysaccharides and can be considered for mushroom powders and other botanical product concepts.