Tremella encephala Pers.
(Conifer Brain)

Interactions where Tremella encephala is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
basidiocarp basidiocarp parasitises live fruitbody Stereum sanguinolentum Bleeding Conifer Crust, Red Rot (Of Conifers) - causative organism Russulales: Stereaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella encephala/Tremella encephalaconifer brainbasidiocarp Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum sanguinolentum/Stereum sanguinolentumbleeding conifer crust, red rot (of conifers) - causative organismlivefruitbody
basidiocarp basidiocarp is associated with dead wood PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella encephala/Tremella encephalaconifer brainbasidiocarp Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdeadwood

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Tremella encephala (Conifer Brain) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tremella encephala (Conifer Brain) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTremella encephala (Conifer Brain)
GenusTremella (a genus of fungal-parasite brain fungi)
FamilyTREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
OrderTREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
ClassTREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tremella encephala (Conifer Brain)

Tremella encephala (Conifer Brain) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ingold, C.T. 1998 Ballistosporic basidia Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 50-52.
Ingold, C.T. 1985 Observations on spores and their germination in certain Heterobasidiomycetes TBMS Vol 85 (3): 417-423.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tremella encephala (Conifer Brain):

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