Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Tremellales Family: Tremellaceae
Species: Tremella mesenterica Retz.
Synonyms: Exidia candida
Hormomyces aurantiacus
Tremella lutescens
Tremella mesenterica var. lutescens
Common Name: Yellow Brain
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Cytisus scoparius (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Peniophora cinerea (1)
Peniophora incarnata (1)
Peniophora lycii (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Salix (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Ulex (1)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7)
Scrub (6)
Scrub: scattered (6)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3)
Artifical rock exposure and waste: quarry (2)
Grassland: neutral, upland (2)
Lolium perenne-Cynosurus cristatus grassland (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Scrub: dense/continuous (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries, permanently wet ditch (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1)
Marginal/inundation: inundation (1)
Navigable canals (1)
Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Bark (1)
Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Twig (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Soil (1)
Standing Dead Branch (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (16)
February (7)
March (6)
April (7)
May (5)
July (11)
August (6)
September (17)
October (30)
November (15)
December (10)