In article <2vcr0r$4l5 at charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU>, mcelroy at ecst.csuchico.edu (James Robert McElroy) writes: What is the identification of Manchurian Tea Mushroom? Manchurian Tea Mushroom thallus appears to be a symbiont comprised of yeast and bacteria, just as a lichen thallus is comprised of algae and fungi.