Tremella mesenterica

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: Ulex europaeus (27) Quercus (12) Fagus sylvatica (6) Fraxinus excelsior (6) Peniophora incarnata (6) Acer pseudoplatanus (3) Sambucus nigra (3) Alnus glutinosa (2) Peniophora lycii (2) Salix (2) Salix caprea (2) Salix cinerea (2) Ulex (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Betula pubescens (1) Corylus avellana (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Cytisus scoparius (1) Peniophora cinerea (1) Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (18) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Scrub (7) Scrub: scattered (6) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Acid grassland: semi-improved (4) Built up area, domestic (4) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4) Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4) Woodland (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 and scrub (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) Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Branch (33) Fallen Branch (18) Dead Wood (16) Soil (5) Dead Twig (3) Tree (3) Twig (3) Wood (3) Fallen Twig (2) Standing Dead Branch (2) Bark (1) Dead Branch (1) Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (18) February (7) March (6) April (7) May (5) July (14) August (6) September (19) October (33) November (16) December (12)